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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Teacher here - agree. We are being told that making eye contact and developing relationships with students & families is important. As if none of us already realized this.[/quote]

Unfortunately, many teachers have not realized this. I am a classroom teacher and an SEL lead and the amount of students I talk to who don't trust, respect, or feel supported by their teachers is staggering. I'm sure you are a great teacher and implement many of these practices already, but the truth is that in many DCPS schools, particularly those where the students are majority black and teaching staff majority young and white, there are serious tensions that hinder learning. That is why there is such a focus on whole child. It may seem unimportant to the demo on this forum, but it's essential[/quote]

And you feel this trumps learning basic math and English??  Use the money to help support these kids with an extra social worker or in after school tutoring.  This support will matter more than some transient hype of the moment program.

In addition, many schools don’t need above that don’t have the characteristics you describe so all these teachers and staff have to spend extra time doing this when it would be better to give them more time for prep, etc..[/quote]

I'm the PP and trust me, you can build relationships and support the whole child while still having significant blocks of time for core content. DCPS spent 22m on after school tutoring last year and it went nowhere bc nobody wanted to do the jobs.

Your second paragraph is incoherent to me so I'm not really sure how to respond. What more is there to prep? [b]Run a morning meeting. Spend 3-5 mins having an SEL warmup.[/b] These aren't hard asks. [/quote]

For the kids that need the whole child approach the most, this doesn't come close. What you consider not "hard asks" work for the kids that come to school on time, are fed and regularly attend. Morning meeting and an SEL warmup builds the classroom community, whole child is much more than that.[/quote]

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