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title: "Educational Leadership: Relationships First: What to Do in Week One? -"
description: www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept16/vol74/num01/What-to-Do-in-Week-One%C2%A2.aspx This article offers helpful suggestions for cultivating positive teacher-student relationships within the classroom during the first week of school and beyond. The writer describes the importance of recognizing each student as an individual and provides several useful strategies that can be implemented any time to create a climate where students feel known, valued, and welcomed.
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# Educational Leadership: Relationships First: What to Do in Week One?

**By [Ben Politzer](https://www.tripoded.com/blog/author/ben-politzer)**  
April 26 2019

**[www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept16/vol74/num01/What-to-Do-in-Week-One%C2%A2.aspx](http://www.ascd.org/publications/educational-leadership/sept16/vol74/num01/What-to-Do-in-Week-One%C2%A2.aspx)**

This article offers helpful suggestions for cultivating positive teacher-student relationships within the classroom during the first week of school and beyond. The writer describes the importance of recognizing each student as an individual and provides several useful strategies that can be implemented any time to create a climate where students feel known, valued, and welcomed.

![Ben Politzer](https://www.tripoded.com/hs-fs/hubfs/Headshot%20Ben%20Tight%20-%20small.jpg?width=170&height=170&name=Headshot%20Ben%20Tight%20-%20small.jpg)

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## Ben Politzer

 Ben is Vice President K-12 Lead Gen at Scholarus Learning, and is interested in connecting people to the right supports. He is a former teacher and school principal. He loves new ideas, new ways of looking at problems, and is forever learning how to be a better dad, leader, and marketer. 

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