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It's imperative to build relationships with both students and parents! It can be as simple as having lunch with students, making a positive phone call to parents, or having a 5 minute conversation with students. Once students and parents realize that you truly care about their success, students begin to perform better! Positive relationships are key!!

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To succeed in any capacity I have found you must FORM RELATIONSHIPS! Often times when we think of this tool we naturally focus on the children. I think it is also just as imperative to form those same, if not even more meaningful, relationships with the parents and external stakeholders. Eat lunch with your students, often! Make positive and supportive phone calls and contacts home, frequently. And be visible in your building. Don't just come to work to 'teach' come to work to be a change agent!

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Building relationships with students, parents, and staff makes a difference in our schools.

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By building relationships with students, we are able to inspire them in majestically pursuing the molding of purpose by magnifying perception of their magnificent potential.

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Technology is everything.  You would think students know technology but actually only a few can navigate the internet to find what they need.  Being teacher tech suave is a plus to teach the students what technology is all about and what you can do with it besides play games and music.

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Be present!  Not just show up for work but actually stop and take in what students, parents and staff are saying.  A lot comes at educators in impacted schools so its important to not loose sight of being in this moment right now with the person who is in front of you...it makes a difference.

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The most important thing to remember is to always look for the positive in your students. Understanding that sometimes things will not go as plan, however if you keep a positive outlook on things it will get better.

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It is imperative that as teachers we continue to re-evaluate our effectiveness via students' assessments (whether written, verbal, or projects) and critically analyze the results in the assessments to provide the data needed to design our lesson plans as we move forward. Providing assessments in various formats also optimize our ability to evaluate mastery of content. In addition, designing assessments that review previous content (a few sprinkled) may be helpful since end-of year assessments are cumulative- thus taking the "ouch" out of end of year review. And, above all- treat others as we would want to be treated- fairness, kindness and opportunities to "try it again"- thus the classroom atmosphere is set....so students know that failure is not the final frontier. While failure is an opportunity to learn... ...success is equally important to maintain zeal and zest for learning....and all should have a taste of it often.

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Teamwork really does make the dream work! Working together lightens the load from writing PEP's to coming up with creative ideas for lessons.  If two teachers both have one idea and they share now they both have two, there is only positives to come from this type of collaboration.

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It took me a long time to learn (and I'm still learning!), but really telling kids exactly what you expect and what you need them to do has been important for me. I find that with most of my students, knowing my expectations (and that I will be consistent about them) provides a safe place to learn and grow. Sometimes, I get tired of repeating my expectations proactively (before problems begin), but I get a good return on it!

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Probably the BIGGEST and BEST tool, in my opinion, is to gain the respect of my students by continually being in their lives, creating an atmosphere of mutual trust, learning about their likes/dislikes/interests, attending the outside activities, and not keeping them in the "doghouse" when they mess up.

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Keeping a positive attitude is a great way to be successful.  It trickles down to your students and helps them stay focused on what is most important: their education.

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Get to KNOW your students and build a safe atmosphere in your classroom. They must have a level of trust before they are open to receive and learn from you.

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You should come to school every day Asending to New Heights!! Believing in yourself as well as your students!

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I think it is necessary to build relationships with your students, be consistent and hold high expectations for them.

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It's imperative to collaborate with colleagues and other relevant professionals to learn new strategies to reach our students.  Self-reflection is key.  I also believe in building a positive classroom environment, a healthy student-teacher relationship where individuals respect one another.  And above all, learning should be fun and engaging!

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While working in MP schools, I believe it is necessary to build a positive culture in the school that cultivates a pride for students, staff, parents and the community to be motivated towards achieving excellence!

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It is absolutely necessary:

*to believe your work matters,

*to laugh with co-workers, and

*to relentlessly expect

excellence from

yourself and your students.

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I believe that it is essential to utilize technology. To keep our Senior Class updated on scholarships and deadlines we use REMIND to send out text alerts.