This year he is the site coordinator for Science. In his classroom Joe stresses students working together and accepting responsibility for their personal behavior. He uses active listening and questioning to maintain students' participation in discussions. Joe is delighted when students return to visit and hopes all his students feel comfortable, safe, and welcome in his class. His advice to new teachers is to have faith in themselves and believe in their heart they're doing the right thing.
Teaching requires patience.
Student maturity is difficult to observe. Each teacher needs to develop, outside of school, a handicraft where a teacher can observe progress as they work.