For schools to be successful in helping students learn, teachers must be successful in the classroom. In previous columns we looked at several elements of schools that can help them become successful. We detailed the specific characteristics of successful. Praise the work and efforts of teachers .
Teaching is a demanding job, often with little immediate feedback about how one is doing.
Praise from principals and others can go a long way to motivating staff, especially during seasons with few breaks. Praise should be sincere, focused, and immediate to be most effective. Communicate high expectations for teacher and student performances . As was found in the effective schools research, it is important to hold and convey high expectations for students. Blase and Kirby found this was also the case for teachers.