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Helping students to govern their own behavior in ways that help them learn.

I endeavor to:

• Be the kind of person children respect and trust.
• Be firm, fair, friendly, courteous, enthusiastic, and confident, keeping a sense of humor.
• Get to know my students. This will help me anticipate problem situations.
• Not speak about the misdeeds of students, except to those who have a right to know.
• Admit I've made a mistake and to apologize if I treat a student unjustly.
• Make sure discipline is appropriate for the misbehavior and explain the disciplinary measure to the student.
• Not to argue with students. Discussions about class work are invaluable, but arguments are not.
• Show courtesy to every student and display trust and confidence in them all.
• Be consistent in application of discipline and be fair in my expectations and assignments.
• Allow students to discuss their side of the situation; to be willing to consider mitigating circumstances and not use schoolwork as a punishment.
• Give clear directions; confusion leads to disorder.
• Make learning fun, interesting, and relevant to students' lives.
• Adopt classroom rules as my own (as an itinerant teacher).
• Establish as few classroom rules as possible, keeping them simple.
• Be fully prepared.