Lesson Objectives and Methods of Evaluating Student Achievement of Each Objective 2. Prerequisite Skills Needed for Student Engagement and Objective Completion 3. Find strengths in all your students and let them use those strengths often. Demonstrate high expectations for yourself and your students. Avoid, like the plague, teachers who are Whiners, Yeah Butters, Nay Sayers or Lounge Potatoes.
Every student needs a smile, some encouragement, and humor everyday.
Start your own Belly Laugh File. Remember that you've got the most important and the most fun job in the world. Don't accept none of the parents of your students ever come to school meetings - Do accept the challenge to get two parents to come this time and three the next. Work to be honest and straight with your students - say what you mean and follow through,but be professional, confidential, and sensitive, too. Call the parents of your students on a regular basis.