Students contribute to the changing design of the environment. Maintains an environment in which all students access and take full responsibility for the use and care of materials, resources and technology. Innovating Teacher establishes rapport with individual students. Builds caring, friendly rapport with all students and models equitable, respectful relationships through positive verbal and nonverbal interactions. Maintains, caring, friendly relationships with students and promotes respectful interactions among them.
Students act respectfully toward teacher.
Promotes caring, respectful and equitable interactions between students. Students act respectfully toward teacher and each other. Maintains an environment in which all students demonstrate caring respectful and equitable relationships with each other and the teacher. Diversity refers to culture, ethnicity, language, race, religion, language, gender, sexual orientation, socio-economic background, learning abilities and learning styles. The complete Continuum is available to NTC training participants.