In the book Partners in Learning: From Conflict to Collaboration in Secondary Classrooms, Carol Miller Lieber writes that doing a meet and greet with students during arrival is critical to relationship building.
Building positive relationships with youth is an essential task and a foundational component of good instructional practice.
Youth grow and thrive in the context of close and dependable relationships that provide love and nurturance, security, and responsive interactions.
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