So I learned the hard way the importance of relationships for classroom management.Have you been there?I totally trashed my classroom culture my first year... rookie mistake. And while I was busy rebuilding my classroom community so I could, you know, function on the day to day, I considered establishing strong student relationships as part of my classroom management strategy. I didn’t realize the profound impact it would actually have on my students’ ability to LEARN.As I’ve learned how our brain is hardwired, I have realized how fundamentally important positive student-teacher relationships are — they are literally the FIRST step to “priming” our students to engage with our content. Let's chat why in this bonus Thursday Thoughts episode!Are you looking for a quick, easy and FREE way to improve your lessons?  Download Erin's 3D Lesson Planner.  Then, all you have to do is write down what you are already doing in class.  Then, she will send you instructions for EASY next steps.   Click here to grab this FREE download.