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Why Relationships Matter and How to Get Started

Understand the foundations of developmental relationships and the power you have to strengthen those relationships for all young people to learn and grow.

Resources Tailored to Your Role

Tools to support everyone who works with young people — educators, youth program workers, schools and youth program leaders, and community members

Resources Related to the Setting Where Relationships Take Place

Young people thrive when they experience a broader web of relationships, build strong relationships in a class or program, at home, and across your organization.

Resources on Key Topics

Relationships are key across several disciplines including family systems, social and emotional development, social capital, and community development.

Resources in Your Favorite Format

Explore tools, frameworks, activities, guides, measures, and other research-based resources to build strong relationships with all young people.

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Homework Journal and Debrief

Learn about how students view homework through free writings and a debriefing discussion.

Using a traditional notebook or an online notebook, students journal about their experiences with homework over a set period of time. This assignment solicits feedback from students in real-time, allowing them to share more about what’s happening while they complete their homework, how they’re feeling, how motivated they are while completing the homework assignment, and what they see as the purpose or point of the homework assigned. When compared to teacher expectations, student accounts can lead to surprises, spark important conversations, and spur changes in homework practices.

This activity can sometimes reveal a disconnect between teacher intentions and student experiences.

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Homework Journal and Debrief

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Resource Type

Activity

Task Group Size

Independent

Task Length

Over an Hour

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Activity

Letter for Your Future Self

Activity where participants write a letter to their future self about what they can do in the present to work toward their goals.

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Random Acts of Kindness (E2E)

Cultivate happiness in yourself and other educators.

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Tool / Playbook

The Educator-to-Educator Relationships Toolkit

A series of briefs that highlight key findings and reflection opportunities for leaders and staff to learn about how to build a relationship-rich organization.