Belonging First: How to Cultivate Connection in Your School
A Webinar Hosted by Come Home Collective & Collaborative Classroom
Research tells us that we cannot expect our students to excel academically unless they experience a sense of safety and belonging. Alongside Griffin Gervais of Come Home Collective, educators will explore how to center relationships in a caring school community.
Primary goals of this webinar:
Details
Date: Thursday, December 11, 2025
Time: 4:00 PM–4:45 PM Eastern Time
Recordings: This webinar will be recorded. Please register to receive the recording via email.
Cost: Complimentary, but you must register in advance.
Facilitators
Griffin Gervais is the Founder & CEO of Come Home Collective, an education consulting organization focused on embedding emotional intelligence (EI) and SEL into the foundation of schools, districts, and universities. A former teacher and administrator with over a decade of experience, Griffin specializes in adult development, implementation support, and capacity building—helping districts, leaders, and educators embody EI to bring an SEL lens to everything they do, lead, and create within education systems.
Katharine Bonasera is a Manager of Educational Partnerships with Collaborative Classroom for Georgia, North Carolina, and South Carolina. She has over 14 years of teaching and leadership experience in urban school environments, serving as a classroom teacher, assistant principal, and principal. In addition to her school-based experience, she has coached early career Teach For America teachers and serves as an advisor with Relay Graduate School of Education’s National Principals Academy Fellowship. She is passionate about cultivating school environments that foster connection, equitable practices, and the opportunity for all community members to thrive.