Behavior Management: Importance of Creating a Positive Teacher-Student Bond
By Lisa Pratt
EDI 600 Psychological Foundation of Education
School of Education
Long Island University, C. W. Post
June 15, 2009
Although textbooks, lectures and videos were a vital and necessary component of EDI 600 course, I learned the most from my classmates that the human relationships are more powerful and resilient than any other instructional tools. I know that there is no such thing as an off-the-cuff remark in a classroom: classmate’s and teacher’s words sting long after the ink on the yearbook has dried. Childhood highs and lows are tattooed into our psyches; the good times will sustain us and, hopefully, the bad times will serve as a catalyst to reflect on and improve the upcoming stages in our lives.
The bond between a teacher and a student is vital in behavior management: we also need to develop a positive or at least a workable relationship with the parents of our students. They both need to know that we want what is best for them. It is not a coincidence that the teachers my children liked best were the ones that were most accessible; they could be reached before and after school as well as by e-mail. They were old and young, male and female: their bond was that they did not want to miss an opportunity to connect with a child. After watching tonight’s Power Points, I think we all know how important that connection can be.
I know that educators are facing a barrage of obstacles in their classrooms, but I am going to try to end the year with a PowerPoint presentation similar to those we watched on Monday night. I want each of my students to have tangible proof of the very best memories of our time together because years spent in the classroom are arguably part of the most impressionable time of the students' lives.
Long Island University, C. W. Post
June 15, 2009
Although textbooks, lectures and videos were a vital and necessary component of EDI 600 course, I learned the most from my classmates that the human relationships are more powerful and resilient than any other instructional tools. I know that there is no such thing as an off-the-cuff remark in a classroom: classmate’s and teacher’s words sting long after the ink on the yearbook has dried. Childhood highs and lows are tattooed into our psyches; the good times will sustain us and, hopefully, the bad times will serve as a catalyst to reflect on and improve the upcoming stages in our lives.
The bond between a teacher and a student is vital in behavior management: we also need to develop a positive or at least a workable relationship with the parents of our students. They both need to know that we want what is best for them. It is not a coincidence that the teachers my children liked best were the ones that were most accessible; they could be reached before and after school as well as by e-mail. They were old and young, male and female: their bond was that they did not want to miss an opportunity to connect with a child. After watching tonight’s Power Points, I think we all know how important that connection can be.
I know that educators are facing a barrage of obstacles in their classrooms, but I am going to try to end the year with a PowerPoint presentation similar to those we watched on Monday night. I want each of my students to have tangible proof of the very best memories of our time together because years spent in the classroom are arguably part of the most impressionable time of the students' lives.
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