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How Social-Emotional Learning Builds Classroom Community | Interviews with Educators

How do classrooms become places of connection, regulation, and belonging, before launching into learning content? How does social-emotional learning (SEL) shape how children grow, learn, and relate to one another in a classroom community? ▪️Watch this next!    • The Power of Collaborative Leadership | In...   In this episode, Christina Kottmann speaks with educator and community builder Michaela Sands about social-emotional learning, classroom community, and the future of education. Drawing from her experiences teaching and building connections in multicultural and multilingual communities, Michaela emphasizes how trust, vulnerability, and routines support both student growth and educator wellbeing. We discuss morning meetings, peace paths, calming spaces, and reflective routines that improve learners' experiences at school. The conversation explores how social-emotional learning can happen daily, and why creating community must come before teaching content. Topics we discuss: ✅ Social-emotional learning in classrooms ✅ Building safe, inclusive learning communities ✅ Morning meetings, peace paths, and calming spaces ✅ Supporting multilingual and culturally diverse learners ✅ Modeling reflection and regulation ✅ Post-pandemic student needs and community care ✅ Educator wellbeing and sustainable teaching ✅ Imagining education in 2050 This episode invites educators to reflect on their emotional presence, and consider how intentional routines and relationship-building practices could transform their classroom culture and learning outcomes. About the series: Interviews with Educators explores how learning actually happens, what schools often miss, and how educators, families, and leaders can create more human, relational, and supportive learning environments. — 👋 About my guest: Michaela Sands is a community connector, learning designer, and facilitator with experience teaching and building learning communities internationally. Her work focuses on social-emotional learning, community wellbeing, cross-cultural communication, and human-centered learning design. Michaela is especially passionate about creating spaces where individuals feel seen, supported, and empowered to be themselves. — 📌 Chapters 00:00 Introduction 01:24 Why Michaela Became an Educator 03:36 Teaching Across Cultures 05:16 Building Classroom Community 07:04 Morning Meetings in Classrooms 08:48 Supporting Multilingual Students 10:24 Self-Regulation and Calm Spaces 12:18 Social-Emotional Learning (SEL) 15:38 Rethinking Teacher Development 18:24 Peace Paths and Conflict Resolution 21:12 Post-Pandemic Student Needs 23:53 Teaching Self-Awareness 26:15 Educator Wellbeing 29:06 Community Over Compliance 30:20 Education in 2050 32:08 Belonging and Hope in Schools — 📺 Watch "Interviews with Educators" on this playlist:    • Interviews with Educators   Note: This episode was originally recorded in 2023 under a previous podcast name, "Premium Quality Ideas", and has since become part of the "Interviews with Educators" video podcast series. Thank you for watching. Created and hosted by Christina Kottmann Featured guest Michaela Sands Interviews with Educators video podcast series Subscribe for more conversations about school culture, learning, leadership, and educator wellbeing. 📌 I create videos for educators who still believe school can change and be a place where they thrive. These videos are for those who are trying to change education while taking care of their own wellbeing. We're in this together. — Stay connected: ☕ Connect with me on LinkedIn!:   / christina-kottmann   ☕ Read my thoughts about the education system and teacher wellbeing on Substack: https://christinakottmann.substack.com 🔗 Music: “Sincerely” by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 http://creativecommons.org/licenses/b... — #education #podcast #interviewswitheducators #teachers #socialemotionallearning #schoolculture #learning #community #futureofeducation #internationaleducation #educatorwellbeing #classroomcommunity #educationreform #teacherlife #learningdesign #routines #learningcommunities