Are you building emotional safety in your classroom from day one?

In this episode of The Lead Serve Teach, D. Paul Miller explores why emotional safety is one of the most important foundations for a successful school year. He shares practical ways to create a classroom where students feel seen, respected, and free to take academic risks.

Discover how modeling empathy, consistency, and encouragement early on can shape lasting classroom culture, improve student engagement, and strengthen relationships all year long.

What You'll Learn

• How emotional safety boosts participation, trust, and collaboration

• Simple ways to build respect and empathy into daily routines

• How to use sentence stems and activities that promote kindness and inclusion

• Why celebrating mistakes creates a growth-minded classroom culture

• How starting the year with safety leads to stronger engagement and learning outcomes

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