Monday, December 24, 2012

21 Ways to Show Students You Care


"I am not a teacher, but an awakener."

-Robert Frost


1. Accept their background   

2. Make eye contact

3. Have a snack together

4. Plan their success

5. Smile with them 
6. Make decisions together

7. Build a classroom tradition

8. Work with students 1-on-1

9. Thank you students

10. Encourage your students

11. Compliment your students

12. Catch them doing right

13. Celebrate their learning

14. Turn mistakes into teachable moments

15. Allow students time to think

16. Write your students kind notes

17. Show interesting books

18. Inspire them to be themselves

19. Propose more, impose less

20. Ask for their help

21. Apologize when wrong


-Rodney S. Lewis, Ed.D.


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