Our current learning environment was thrust upon us as a result of the closing of all schools in the state. Relationships had already been established between teacher-students and student-student. Had this not been the case, cultivating and maintaining these relationships is paramount to student as well as instructor success. I check in weekly with my students via a weeklt reflection assignment they are given at the end of each week. They are free to share what they learned during the week, what they were successful at and why, what they could have done better at and why, a goal they have for the next week and a "I would like to tell my teacher" prompt. Over the years, I have found out a great deal about my students as human beings and been able to refer students to appropriate follow up care as determined by their responses.
