This book provides a comprehensive approach for building coalitions of support around student learning and engagement through interconnected classroom community-building efforts that involve teachers: 

• building strong relationships with students; 


• intentionally supporting students to build powerful relationships with their peers; 


• fostering strong reciprocal relationships with families, and; 


• building relationships with the school and community at large 


• empowering and creating purposeful intentional spaces for students/families/school community/community at large to build powerful relationships with each other.