This section houses three types of resources. Session Resources include the main text for each day of this event, as well as supplementary materials. General Resources include materials designed to facilitate your participation in this on-line training. Additional Resources include links to other organizations and publications about school connectedness.

Session Resources

Day 1 - Why Connectedness Matters

• Helping Students Make the Transition to Middle School

• Ten Strategies That Foster Connection to School

• Components of the Seattle Social Development Project and Raising Healthy Children Program

• The Caring School Community Project

• Summary of Evaluation Findings on the Caring School Community Project

Day 2 - A Closer Look at Connectedness

• Faculty Meeting on School Connectedness

• Ten Strategies That Foster Connection to School for Teachers

• Components of a Successful Prevention Program

• The Importance of Parental Support in School Connectedness

• How Schools Can Communicate Effectively with Parents

Day 3 - From Comprehensive to Selected Interventions: How Every School Can Increase Connectedness

• Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programs

• Broad Intervention Aims to Build Connectedness

• Universal Interventions That Can Help Build Connectedness

• A School's Role in Character Education

• Guidelines for Effective Social and Emotional Learning Programming

Day 4 - Promoting Connectedness Through Student Leadership

• The Ladder of Student Involvement in School

• Meaningful Involvement for Students in Elementary, Middle, and High School

• Tips from Student Researchers

• Components of Effective Service-Learning Programs

• Service-Learning Programs for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

Day 5 - Roles and Next Steps

• Students as Allies in Improving Their Schools: Sample Student, Teacher, and School-Specific Surveys

• Links to Additional Resources

Additional Resources

• Research on Connectedness

• Universal Programs to Increase Connectedness

• Social and Emotional Learning

• Character Education

• Service-Learning

• Meaningful Student Involvement

• Meaningful Involvement for Students with Emotional and Behavioral Disorders

• Positive Youth Development

• Assessment Tools

• School Climate Guidelines