Ch+3&4--+Expectations

p.17

="Great teachers focus on **expectations**.= Other teachers focus on //rules//. The //**least effective**// teachers focus on the CONSEQUENCES of breaking the rules."

p.18 "The key is to set expectations and then establish relationships so that the students want to meet those expectations."

=Helping kids want to meet the expectations-- = -- Always Follow Through -- Talk in private, sternly and seriously -- Kids talk to parents about the problem before parents talk with teacher (promotes student responsibility for their own behavior) -- Humor -- Team effort (make good behavior a cooperation between student and teacher) -- RELATIONSHIP BUILDING WITH STUDENT -- actively listen to and solicit personal stories from the student-- care about their lives -- Kids want to please -- Teach them to self-evaluate -- "What if your Mom or Dad was standing here?" -- "Would you act this way in front of your Grandma?" -- "I expect better than that of you..."