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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
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  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.
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  Relationships are key across several disciplines including family systems, social and emotional development, social capital, and community development.
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  Explore tools, frameworks, activities, guides, measures, and other research-based resources to build strong relationships with all young people.
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Top Ten List and Diamond Sort

Investigate which pedagogical strategies are most effective in your class through list-making and value-sorting.

This activity is designed to solicit student voice on instructional approaches or pedagogy through discussion. In small groups, students will be tasked with coming up with the “top ten” pedagogical strategies that work for them. The teacher should be prepared to share some brief examples to help the groups get started. After comparing their lists across groups in order to create a master list, students select and arrange a subset of the items in the list in a hierarchical order, with the most valuable or important items at the top and the least valuable at the bottom. This activity aims to prioritize and highlight the most valuable content to inform future lesson planning and instructional activities.

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