Many children diagnosed with ADD and ADHD thrive in an environment of routines and procedures. When students know how the class is structured they actually feel more secure and comfortable because they always know what is going to happen. Hopefully these ideas about high expectations and classroom management will give you some useful knowledge and inspire you a little. The truth is, being a professional educator is not easy. It takes extra work and a lot of effort.
Teaching is more than doing activities, covering lesson plans, and teaching skills.
Teacher - you are a gymnast, as you encourage the contortions and gyrations of thoughts and the flexing and strengthening of ideas. Teacher's Guidebook , Second Edition. How to be an Effective Teacher, The First Days of School . Harry K. Wong Publications. This article appears in the April 2000 issue of Technique , Vol. 20, No. 4.