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Building Strong Classroom Relationships for Creative Thinkers

Lauretta Williams, a leadership and instructional coach, shares the importance of creating strong relationships with all stakeholders in the classroom to foster creativity and critical thinking. Discover how to make learning relevant and rigorous while encouraging commitment from all parties involved.

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Building Strong Classroom Relationships for Creative Thinkers

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  1. Relationships, Relevance & Rigor: Creating Classrooms of Creative, Critical Thinkers Lauretta Williams Leadership & Instructional Coach ICLE

  2. 1. If you could go anywhere on a vacation, where would you go and why? • 2. What is your favorite movie and why? • 3. If you could meet any historical figure, who would you like to meet and why? • 4. Is your favorite season spring, summer, fall, or winter? Why? • 6. If you could live anywhere, where would you live and why? • 7. If you could buy anything and price was no object, what would you buy and why? • GETTING TO KNOW YOU • Select from the list below, three statements that are most interesting to you. Copy them onto your index card. Hold your card in the air after you copy the three statements.

  3. Lauretta Williams Leadership and Instructional Coach ICLE 45 years strong 35 years Prince George’s County WELCOME!

  4. Getting to Know You Building a plan for you and your school Defining Relationships What we will do… Creating strong relationships with all stakeholders Establishing A Rationale for Strong, Positive Relationships

  5. Getting to Know You Yellow dot – inner circle Red dot – outer circle

  6. Purpose? Notice? Imagine?

  7. So glad you asked! How do we best create critical thinkers in the classroom? How do we best create and sustain student-centered classrooms? How do we best make learning relevant and rigorous? How do we best encourage commitment from all stakeholders?

  8. … It's important for educators to know their students. Educators need to know what is interesting to them…” . Name: Dr. William Daggett Title: CEO, International Center for Leadership in Education

  9. It is teachers who have created positive teacher-student relationships that are more likely to have the above average effects on student achievement.” . Name: Dr. John Hattie Title: Author, Visible Learning, Researcher, Professor

  10. E.S. • Tell something about kindness (e.g. what you think it is, an example of a kind act or a kind thought, something you do that is kind) M.S. • Make a list of words that describe who you are. H.S. • What is a friend? Provide an example of a friend. What kind of friend are you?

  11. PARENTS What if??? COLLEAGUES ADMINISTRATORS COMMUNITY

  12. Expert- recognized authority Advanced – applied theory Fair –practical application Beginner –limited experience Aware - basic knowledge The Garden

  13. Administrators are to teachers as teachers are to students.” Lauretta Williams Retired principal, Consultant, Educator for Life

  14. Ms. Blackburn Reflections Mrs. Jones Mr. Brown Mrs. Crowe believe visible fun beyond Mr. Love love

  15. Lauretta Williams International Center for Leadership in Education Follow me on:

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