Fostering literacy starts with building student relationships

Drive student engagement and empower learners through teacher-student relationships

The most powerful learning experiences happen when teachers and students have symbiotic relationships and mutual understanding. When relationship-building and feelings of belonging are the center of a classroom, educators can truly see and accept students for who they are and provide choices that enhance student engagement and literacy.

The white paper, At the Heart of Literacy Instruction, by instructional coach Beth Pandolpho highlights how to build such a foundation in lesson planning and course instruction and guides educators on ways to improve literacy once that foundation is in place.