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Table of Contents

Part One: Foundational Principles of Relational Teaching
Chapter 1: Relationships as the Foundation for Effective Pedagogy
Chapter 2: The Relational Teacher
Part Two: Relational Practices
Chapter 3: The Relational Curriculum
Chapter 4: Relational Instruction
Chapter 5: Relational Assessment
Chapter 6: Relational Feedback
Chapter 7: Relational Rubrics
Chapter 8: Relational Grading
Epilogue

PRINTABLE REPRODUCIBLES

Chapter 2

• Muscles and Tussles Chart
• Metacognition Journal
• Reflection Chart for Students Who Struggle
• Long-Term Goals, Short-Term Goals, and Immediate Projects
• Post-Assessment Student Reflection Chart
• Lesson Quality Check
• Lesson-Planning Tool
• Growth-Focused Teacher Self-Assessment Tool
• Content-Focused Versus Relationship-Focused Lesson
• Teacher Checklist to Create Student-Can-Do Learning Experiences

Chapter 4

• Student-Does First Lesson-Planning Template
• Goals and Values Alignment Chart

Chapter 5

• How to Capture Student Outcomes and Thinking Through Assessment
• Creating More Personalized Reflection Activities

Chapter 6

• Conversational and Reciprocal Feedback
• Creating Prescriptive Feedback

Chapter 8

• Relational Grading Conversation Template
• Creating Gradebooks That Tell a Learning Story

SUGGESTED RESOURCES

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Websites

• The Assessor
• Proficiency-Based Learning and Evidence-Based Grading