1. The most important thing that caught my attention from chapter three is the word "consistently'. "Great teachers are very clear about their approach to student behavior." They follow these rules consistently, and follow certain guidlines and stick to them. It is all about follow through. If you say you are going to do something you have to stick with it no matter how big of an inconvience it might be for you...stick to your guns!
2. Its basically the same as above. Effective teachers handle things in their classroom consistently. They only bring students to the office when the behavior gets too much for the other students to witness or if the behavior is so severe it needs to be brought to the attention of the administration. Effective teachers are consistent and follow through, thus gaining the respect of their students. Ineffective teachers send students to the office for everyday problems that could be taken care of from inside the classroom. Many are inconsistent with their classroom behavior policies, and do not follow through.
3. Great teachers should never be rude, scarcastic, talk about others in front of children, judge, or be arugmenative with students or adults.
4. Its about setting high expectations for yourself. If I can be positive or uplifting it will spread to my environment. No matter how bad my day is...if you ask I need to say things are going great....if I am bummed out all the time and negative my class or my staff will follow suit. It will all work out...right...Deb!

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1. The most important idea that I found in the chapter regarding teacher expectations was that great teachers focus solely on EXPECTATIONS! Great teachers should not only expect great things from their students but should also have great expectations for themselves. The best thing about our career is the fact that each year we have the unique opportunity to "start over" by reestablishing expectations and introducing changes. I strive each year to improve myself by making changes. Each year I find new techniques that work better or ideas that flop and I take that info and reevaluate for the next year. Each year I start with a clean slate. What a relief! I wish everything in my life worked this way!

2. When a student misbehaves, the effective teacher has one goal: to keep that behavior from happening again. The least effective teacher often has a different goal: revenge. Effective teachers are motivated to prevent misbehavior; ineffective teachers are motived after a student misbehaves, to punish the student. Be more of a leader and lead with great expectations not solely a dictator with rules and punishment.

3. Great teachers should never argue with a student, yell, humiliate using sarcasm, ignore a student, or embarrass them.

4. Successful teachers insist upon focusing on their own behaviors because they know that they are the main variable in the classroom. Good teachers consistently strive to improve, and they focus on somehting they can control -- their own performance. The ineffective teacher waits for something else to change. Great teachers look to themselves for answers; poor teachers look elsewhere. The effective teacher will take responsibility for his/her problems while the ineffective teacher is always looking for someone else to blame.

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