There is a sense of higher expectations about how we will be treated, even by institutions, and especially by the school. Notes telling the children what they've done right. Calls home asking about the youngster when the child comes back to class after being out. How I wish I had known to do these in my early classes. I thought I had to be so formal, so stuffy, to establish my authority.
Students have to feel they are needed.
This is a feeling every child can have and needs to have. Teachers and parents may well have more points to add to the list. It is meant to be only a starting point. The exciting part about teaching today is that there are so many more opportunities for learning. The hard part is that, even with all the time-savers we've invented, it feels as if there is less time than there used to be.