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Chapters 7-9
Please read these chapters and complete the assignment prior to our March face to face session.
Remember to answer the questions and comment on the answers of at least two other members of our community of learners. The questions will follow on another page listed as a subpage of this one.


Chapter 7
Key Concepts

  • Great teachers create a positive atmosphere in their classrooms despite inevitable negatives.
  • Effective teachers treat everyone with dignity and respect ten days out of ten.
  • Students may remember the times when teachers treat them well, but will always remember when they were treated disrespectfully.
  • Focusing on all the positive things in our classrooms and schools give us more drive and energy to get through the less positive times.
  • Effective teachers know that one of the most positive tasks that a teacher performs is to model appropriate behavior.


Chapter 8
Key Concepts

  • The teacher is the filter who sets the tone for how others behave.
  • Great teachers realize that teaching is a demanding job, yet they focus on its rewards and challenges in a positive way instead of complaining.
  • The best teachers are professionals who know how to keep personal issues private and also know how to keep school issues in their place.

Chapter 9
Key Concepts

  • Effective educators know that a relationship, once damaged, may never be the same.
  • Great teachers work hard to keep their relationships heathy.
  • The best teachers seldom need to do emotional repairing in their classrooms but are working to continually repair, just in case.
  • Great teachers practice behaviors for repairing a situation they also teach students behaviors for repairing, rather than escalating, a negative situation.