Dr. Howard Fuller Collegiate Academy teachers Amy Webb and Courtney Steggall credited Summit Learning with helping strengthen relationships with their students through virtual learning after the Milwaukee, Wis., school closed their building in the spring because of the COVID-19 pandemic.
At Woodland Park Middle School, teachers found themselves better positioned to tackle the transition from the classroom to remote learning because they had spent years fostering strong relationships with their students through regularly scheduled mentoring sessions.
January was ‘National Mentoring Month.’ Schools using Summit Learning across the country shared how they are implementing mentoring sessions and focusing on student-teacher relationships. According to Mentoring.org, when students have a dedicated mentor, they are less likely to skip school, more likely to enroll in college, and more likely to hold a leadership position in […]
