Purposeful Educator Connections: Five Principles to Strengthen Relationships with Students [Hardcover]

Preface  Introduction: The Special Position of an Educator  Chapter 1 - Principle 1: Know your Why  Chapter 2 - Principle 2: Understand Context Beyond Compliance  Chapter 3 - Principle 3: Foster Meaningful Interactions  Chapter 4 - Principle 4: Design High-Quality Educational Learning Environments  Chapter 5 - Principle 5: Partner with Key Stakeholders  Chapter 6 - Oxygen Masks are not Just for Airplanes  Chapter 7 - The Power of Human Connection  References

This powerful book will instruct teachers on how to deepen relationships with students, stay connected to your purpose, and improve classroom culture according to five key principles.

Marcela Andr?s serves as President and CEO of designEDengagement, PBC, a Latina-owned education consulting firm based in Texas on a mission to reimagine how educators, families, and community members partner to support the hopes and dreams of students. Previously, Marcela was a program director with a non-profit whose mission is to advocate for public education. She was also a third- and fourth-grade teacher at a bilingual elementary school.

Winner of the 2025 International Book Award (IBA) for Education!

Deepen relationships with students, stay connected to your purpose, and improve classroom culture with this inspiring book.

Author Marcela Andr?s offers five key principles to unlock connections with students, know your why, understand context beyond compliance, foster meaningful interactions, design high-quality learning environments, and partner with key stakeholders. For each principle, she provides high-leverage practices and strategies you can implement, a case study to crystalize the concept, and reflection questions to apply to your practice. The book ends with a reminder ls)