In this episode, we share some highlights from our experience at IDEAcon 2025 and discuss your successes and challenges with building relationships with your students.  This is a long episode, so we'll leave some chapter times below if you want to break up your listening:

• 00:00 - Intro, staff shout-out, a main takeaway from IDEAcon, and introduction of the importance of building relationships with students
• 07:41 - How you have gotten to know your students (ideas and challenges from teachers in our district)
• 17:08 - Delving into the importance of making connections with our students
• 22:55 - Strategies you can use today to keep getting to know your students
• 37:11 - Dessert and closing