Responsive Classroom: Furthering our School Culture

Last week, Kindergarten and first grade teachers participated in Responsive Classroom® training. Responsive Classroom® is a program designed to train teachers to better integrate academic and social-emotional learning in an experiential, informative, and supportive environment. Creating safe, joyful, and engaging classrooms leads to a healthy school community. Saint James School embraces these ideals and is excited to further offer this professional development opportunity to other grade and division levels in the future. Our values of character, courage, community, and commitment are central to our ethos, and this training supports our mission. #WeAreSaintJamesSchool

Responsive Classroom is a student-centered, social and emotional learning approach to teaching and discipline. It is comprised of a set of research, and evidence-based practices designed to create safe, joyful, and engaging classrooms and school communities for both students and teachers.