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You can use these to connect with yourself which helps to build resiliency as you take students through their empathy and connection work. These are also great to use as a part of a staff meeting or even at home with your family.

Connection CHallenges

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Additional Connection challenges

If you are engaging in more than one Connection Challenge each month, you may find you need additional challenges. These challenges can be used any month and can be repeated.  

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curriculum pacing guide

While the overall structure of the Connection Curriculum is set to be a 9 month program, there are a few ways the program can be customized to fit the timing of your school.

We know that teaching is a very lonely profession, and we see you. We provide these challenges for you to complete to connect with yourself and the people in your life.  You can use these to connect with yourself which helps to build resiliency as you take students through their empathy and connection work. These are also great to use as a part of a staff meeting or even at home with your family.

TEACHER RESOURCES

Think about the 3-5 things you need most to feel connected, map those things to the people in your circles, identify your needs or abundance. Take action and make needed adjustments.

Map your connections

Connection circles worksheet

Reflect on how you know your students. Identify their names, strengths, story, and needs. Evaluate how you can increase a culture of connection in your classroom.

reflect on your students

One of the best ways you can show up for your students is by connecting with yourself. Begin a journal and check-in with yourself. How are you doing emotionally? How connected do you feel? Jot down some observations of how you feel today. 

journal check-ins

Complete the Connection Circles Worksheet for yourself. Set some goals for how you want to improve the connections in your circles.

Seek out someone different from you—find someone that coaches if you like to read; a math teacher if you do writing, etc. Ask them questions to get to know how their life is similar or different from yours.  

seek other connections

UTILIZE RESOURCES

Build a timeline and divide it into 5-year sections, list the relationships that mattered the most to you during those years, consider reaching out and sharing how those people impacted you or reconnecting if healthy to do so.  

relationship timeline

Participate or lead a SHARE day in your community. Create post it notes to leave in the community (on mailboxes, front doors, car handles) or work with a local business to include on the 7th of the month. Learn more about SHARE Day >

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Look into apps like Calm, Mood Meter, Balance, Fabulous, Headspace, Shine, StopBreatheThink, Ten Percent Happier, UCLA Mindful, WOOP to see if one of them might help you. *Rates do apply. O7S does not recieve funds nor do we endorse any of them specifically.

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Access additional content and resources each month through the I Know Lonely Project. From written stories, to podcast episodes from storytellers and guests, there is more resources for you and your team along with students and parents.

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