This Thursday, the Connected Educators Community is proud to welcome our co-founder, Dr. Joey Weisler, as our inaugural keynote speaker for: *Building Classrooms of Awareness Through the HEART and SOUL* Educators are being asked to do more than teach content. Build relationships. Maintain rigor. Respond to increasingly complex student needs. Keep students engaged. Create belonging. And somehow, do all of it without losing themselves in the process. HEART and SOUL is about finding another way. Through an interactive, practical experience, Dr. Weisler will explore how small, intentional shifts in the classroom can help educators create spaces where students feel seen, safe, and willing to engage—without asking teachers to become therapists, counselors, or anything else they were never trained to be. Educators will walk away with: ❤️ 3–5 strategies they can implement immediately ❤️ Tools for moving students from compliance toward meaningful engagement ❤️ A clearer distinction between supporting students and absorbing their emotional weight ❤️ Flexible structures that create predictability without rigidity ❤️ Greater confidence to hold the room without carrying the room home The transformation? From managing students → to inviting them in. From carrying everything → to caring with boundaries. From adding more to teachers’ plates → to designing what already happens differently. From “How do I get them to care?” → to creating the conditions that give them a reason to. Because sustainable classrooms should work for the human beings learning in them AND the human beings leading them. This Thursday, we begin. ❤️ Connected Educators Community Connect. Learn. Grow. Together. #ConnectedEducatorsCommunity #TeachingWithHEART #TeacherWellbeing #StudentEngagement #ProfessionalLearning #EducatorCommunity #Teaching #Education YOUR

Hello everyone! Welcome to the Connected Educators Community. This is a place for like-minded educators to learn, grow, and connect with others. Here are a few steps to feel more at home: 1. Introduce yourself in the Introductions Tab. You can say who you are, what you teach, something you're interested in, and something you'd love to learn more about. Also include a picture! It can be of you, your workspace, your pets, or anything you'd like. 2. Schedule a Connection Call with Joey to learn more about how support works in our community, get your questions answered, and help Joey connect you with others. You can sign up by clicking here. 3. Check out upcoming events and plan on attending them. They happen every 2 weeks on Thursdays. 4. Share this with any other educators you think would be interested! Here's how the live events work: - They occur every 2 weeks on a 2-month rotation. - You get access to them by joining the Connected Educator's Membership, which also hosts the recordings. - Event 1: Q&A with Chris. You can bring any question about behavior, classroom management, or anything else that you can't find on your own. - Event 2: Guest Speaker. Wisdom from another fantastic educator. - Event 3: Live Podcast Recording with Joey & Chris. This is where we discuss topics in education inspired by the community; it also includes a live Q&A for participants. - Event 4: Another Guest Speaker. - Then it repeats again! There's only one value: be kind to others.