Blog #4 I'v got a golden ticket;)

5. Shared responsibility for the classroom is between teacher and students, in the goal of making it work for everyone.

A Non example- The teacher makes up 15 rules, places them on the board, and has the students recite them. She then tells the class that there will be consequences for not following those rules.

Example- The teachers asks the students to write down what a good classroom looks like (what is expected of the teacher, what is expected of the students, what does it feel like, etc.). Then after all students ideas are posted on the board they are discussed and then together as a class they decide what to make the classes own set of rules.

Help Students Realize Success is the Result of Effort
This is an area in which I would like to learn mor to be able to implement it. I think that so often we as a society get in our head that those people are smart, and those people are not, or those people succeed and those people fail. If you are in the group classified as being a failure then it is hard to get out of that and feel like you can ever acheive the goals that you desire. I want that to not be present in my classroom. I want students to understand that even though success may seem to come easier to some students, all can do it. All can succeed based upon what they are willing to sacrifice for it.