The FuelEd Blog

FuelEd founder, Megan Marcus, shares more of FuelEd’s history and where she sees the organization going in the future.

In this second of four foundational posts, we explore the skills needed for educators to serve as “secure attachment figures,” and point to the potential for all educators to heal trauma, transform attachment styles, and catalyze academic, social, and emotional learning.

By adopting co-regulation tactics and secure attachment behaviors, educators can both acknowledge the chronic stress many children are prone to and be a source of healing so students can learn and live with freedom and joy.

Our work at FuelEd is based on the principle that relationships drive learning. This first in a series of foundational articles outlining the scientific basis for FuelEd's program, how relationships drives learning, and why this knowledge matters to educators.

Want start your personal learning and development? The following books tap into foundational truths that can be adapted for all types of educators and learning environments.

In our final foundational article of the 4-part series, we take a look “under the hood” to explore just how FuelEd goes about growing emotionally intelligent educators that build relationship-driven schools. Surprise, surprise — it happens through the experience of a secure relationship.