How Do You Build Positive Relationships With Students?
Every teacher needs to build a positive relationship with students. However, it takes work. Some students rebel or arrive at school with negative attitudes and resisting any authority or request to work. Other students have good intentions but have personal or learning struggles that weigh them down. We hear about students who dropped out of school or did not receive the support they needed. However, we rarely hear the positive stories about teachers who arrive early and stay late to do tutoring, or teachers who go to great lengths to reach out to a students in turmoil in order to make their life better. Teachers should be mentors and advocates for students and have a mutual relationship built on respect. To build positive relationships with students, get to know them right away. Start by knowing each student’s name by the first few class meetings. Students do not always realize that they only have one name to learn but the teacher has over 20 to learn. Multiply this by seven classes a
