Top Ten Rules for Any Good Teacher

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© 2012, Patricia L. Rieman, Ed.D. (there, now you can't steal it...lol)

Each spring I have the honor of presenting a session on classroom management to Toni Tollerud's School Counseling Summer Institute at NIU. After we brainstorm what works and what does not work when teachers are managing their classrooms, we compare our list to the following.

Top Ten Rules for Any Good Teacher:

(from a number of different sources; in particular Pam Farris & R. & H. Wong)

1.      Make assignments authentic--have a "so-what"

purpose for them.

2.      Make assignments relevant to students' lives.

3.      Respect and try to address students' interests.

4.      Offer students choices whenever possible--remember

you can structure choices.

5.      Make assignments challenging but attainable.

6.      Offer constructive criticism.

7.      Offer specific, genuine praise.

8.      Firmly establish rules and procedures, and reinforce

them from minute one of day one.

9.      Foster a safe, positive, supportive, respectful learning environment.

10.      Make assignments multi-level so that students of all levels of ability will learn and feel successful and engaged.

11.  Have fun! (okay, so I can't count...)