A Guiding Principle for your interactions with Students

            Try to keep this in mind in all your interactions with students: Students will forget what to say, forget what you do, but they will never forget how you make them feel. First day of class

            Probably the most important agenda items to do the first day of class is to establish rapport with the students. The time you spend establishing rapport will pay off throughout the semester.

            Try to make the students feel comfortable and help them overcome their anxieties about this class. If possible try to learn their names as early as possible in the semester as possible. This is even more appreciated in large classes.

            Your interaction style may have greater impact on your success as an instructor than your knowledge of the discipline.

Getting students to listen to each other in class discussions.

            When you ask students to speak in class, do not repeat what they say. If you repeat what they say, the students will learn not to listen to each other and only to listen to you. Also ask your students to comment on each other’s comments or to summarize what was said.

Getting students to hear you

People, especially those with less power or status than you have, do not hear you unless they feel that you will or have listened to them. This is a good tip for interacting with many people, but especially our students.

By: Mrs. Armenia S. Gonzalvo | MT – I | Cabcaben Elementary School