#5 Fostering Educational Communities: Nurturing Trust and Growth

Make It Mindful: An Education Podcast

How do you build a powerful community in education?

In this episode, hosts Seth Fleischauer, Lauren Pinto, and Komal Shah dive into what makes for strong classroom and school communities. We speak to multiple articles that share how tone of voice, authoritarian mindsets, and fear can destroy a community of trust for students. We jump into the conversation about our personal experiences building community in K-12 classrooms, and how to leverage strong SEL tactics to make learning safe and exciting. We ask ourselves the key question - how do you assess community in a school, and how do you know when it's not walking the talk? Join us for a conversation that focuses on all things community. It's a good one. Let's Make It Mindful.

In this episode, we will cover:

- Some ways in which to build trust for a strong classroom community

- How a community can be destroyed with a fear mindset

- What parents and educators can do to assess a community at their schools
Resources discussed:
- Tone of voice can shape classroom culture
- Higher ed should be more like kindergarten - the value of show and tell in HS classrooms
- SEL toolkit for the whole school day
- Principal Marcy Leonard - building community is like branding
Co-Host Links:

Seth Fleischauer

Founder and President of Banyan Global Learning

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/seth-fleischauer/

Website: https://banyangloballearning.com/

Lauren Pinto

Cofounder of Ambitious Ed, Educational Technology Specialist

Linked In: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauren-s-pinto/

Website: https://www.ambitioused.com/

Komal Shah

Speaker, Author, & Entrepreneur

LinkedIn: https://linkedin.com/in/consultkomal

Website: https://thekomalshah.com

Book: https://www.amazon.com/Raise-Your-Hand-Consciousness-Education-ebook/dp/B09FNT6B45/ref=tmm_kin_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=&sr=