Summary: Creating a warm, welcoming, trusting sense of community in your classroom at the beginning of the year is crucial to learning. Listen as our guests share tips for quickly unifying your class and fostering a collaborative learning climate. Follow: @Teach_Preschool, @flourishingkids @bamradionetwork Sarah Brown Wessling, National Teacher of the Year, teaches high school English at Johnston High School in Johnston, Iowa. Ellen Booth Church is an early childhood assistant professor at the State University of New York at New Paltz. Joan Young is an elementary school teacher and a clinical psychologist; Deborah J. Stewart, M.Ed. has over 20 years experience in early childhood education as a teacher, director, and consultant for professional development.
