Building Connections With Students

• 5 min­utes
• HD video
• Col­or
• My role: Director/​Cinematographer/​Editor

Steve Aron­son of Teach Authen­tic dis­cuss­es his phi­los­o­phy of class­room man­age­ment and gen­uine inter­ac­tion with students.

When Steve decid­ed to leave his teach­ing posi­tion to start a speak­ing and class­room con­sult­ing busi­ness, he came to me for help mak­ing a film that would doc­u­ment his teach­ing philoso­phies and class­room man­age­ment style and could be fea­tured on his web­site. The result­ing film is a cin­e­mat­ic call­ing card for Teach Authen­tic, high­light­ing Steve’s per­son­al jour­ney as a teacher, giv­ing view­ers a glimpse into one of his class­es, and show­cas­ing a few tes­ti­mo­ni­als that give us a bet­ter under­stand­ing of how trans­for­ma­tive a teacher’s empa­thy and under­stand­ing can be to his students.