What does this mean to me?
Building positive relationships
with students is a fundamental part of teaching. Furthermore, “an increasing
body of research indicates that students have higher achievement and engage in
fewer behavior problems when they have a positive relationship with their
teacher” (Sprick, 2009, p. 278). These positive relationships are built by
through making an effort to provide every student with noncontingent attention
and positive feedback. As an educator I plan to prompt myself to provide additional attention to my students by creating daily and weekly goals. At the end of each day/week I will reflect on my performance and make adjustments as necessary.
Daily Goals for
Interactions with Students
- Greet students as they enter the classroom
- Say goodbye to each student at the end of the day
- Discuss student work with at least four students during each independent work session
- Give accurate feedback that is immediate, specific, and descriptive
- 5:1 Ratio of Interactions
Weekly Goals for
Interactions with Students
- Eat lunch with students once a week and have open conversations
- Have a student of the week who will have the opportunity share a little bit about themselves during our classroom meeting
- Have a separate “conference” with the student of the week to celebrate their strengths/accomplishments (both at school and home) and create a few areas to work on
- Monitor, reflect, and collect data on…
- Students’ opportunities to respond
- Students’ understanding of and demonstration of behavioral expectations
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