Reconnect
Building School Culture for Meaning, Purpose, and Belonging

Started a new job this month and was finally able to return and finish this book. This is a post-pandemic book, timely, relevant, and needed by school leaders. I found the framing of the three big challenges in the introduction especially helpful and the treatment of cell phone policies as well. The......more

I wish this was longer! I noted down several practical changes I can make to my teaching practice and interactions with students outside of the classroom. I'm particularly interested in involving student-student gratitude notes. The book suggests students distribute these by placing them in each othe......more

If I could rate each chapter, I would. This book started at a strong 5, to the point that I was already thinking of who I wanted to share it with, educators and others. However, as the book went on, the star rating went down to the point that I had to force myself to finish it. The introduction and......more

Chapter 3 was my favorite! It was great to confirm that many of the best practices my school already uses (turn and talk, habits of discussion, etc) are what the authors stated as techniques that amplify belonging. If you’re not familiar with Teach Like a Champion, get yourself a copy because the bo......more