The culture that makes a classroom work: relationships, environment, norms, praise, and repair.
Students work harder for teachers who they believe know them and are on their side.
Open workshop →WorkshopThe physical classroom is a teaching tool.
Open workshop →WorkshopRules handed down get followed grudgingly; norms students help create get owned.
Open workshop →WorkshopPraise is not automatically good, how you praise matters.
Open workshop →WorkshopEvery teacher has hard days, a conflict with a student, a class that fell apart, a moment they handled badly.
Open workshop →WorkshopThe words you choose to manage a classroom shape its tone.
Open workshop →WorkshopSometimes a class gets away from you, a rough start, lost trust, a negative dynamic, and it can feel impossible to turn around.
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