Developing Positive Relationships And Building Class Cohesion

Frymier, A. B., & Houser, M. L. (2000). The teacher student relationship as an interpersonal

The article, Relationship Building with Teacher Colleagues by Jordan Catapano discusses the importance of spending time building relationships with

Forming and maintaining positive relationships within a school setting is of great importance. To have good relationships with pupils, staff and parents is not only beneficial to the school but also to pupil’s achievement.

However, within the teaching role, there must be a clear boundary regarding ‘the relationship’. You are the leader, the one with the knowledge of the subject matter. Therefore, you should be ready to teach all students, and become involved in their ‘study life’ whilst maintaining and appropriate distance from their ‘out of study life’.

A focus on relationships. This includes relationships with students, relationships with parents, relationships with other teachers, relationships between students, relationships between content areas, and so on. Building excellent relationships with other individuals, especially students, is vital to being an excellent teacher, no matter the grade level or content area.

Being able to build positive relationships with others helps children and young people to gain the most from being in school and is important to ensure the communication of information between children and the adults responsible for them. We are more likely to build a positive relationship with someone when we can communicate effectively with them.

Building relationships is important in children and young people. You need to adapt your behavior and communication accordingly. Assessing the situation and environment you are in. It is important that children in all situations feel secure and have a sense of value from you. Your interaction with them should show this. You need to be able to create a positive relationship with children and young people this in turn will create a positive relationship, which will allow them to feel, accepted as part of the school community.

To create and work on positive relationships in schools, you need to show and role model effective communication in conversations with other adults and the way you approach other adults

Positive relationships between practitioners and the children will improve the atmosphere within the classroom and help to provide a happy and friendly environment for learning and socialising. Once a strong relationship is established between the children they feel like they belong and will feel comfortable about coming to you regarding any problems or concerns they may have.

The article, “Creating Birds of Similar Feathers” concerns, issues and topics related to the importance of the teacher-student relationships (TSRs) since it increases students’ performance in class. Therefore, this article relates to teaching and learning because having a good teacher-student relationship is one of the main ingredients in making a classroom well-organized, student-friendly, and comfortable. Without this, teachers would experience difficulty in teaching his or her students as well as for students to learn a lesson if there is lack of communication. From this article, the two points that I found important to the topic are 1) Students learn best and score higher when proper communication and relationship is applied in class; and 2) Teachers should start the first day of class through social activities.

Cooper & Garner, (2012) speak of the three R’s one of them being a relationship, “trusting relationships between teachers and students prime the brain for learning, activate willingness to cooperate, and encourage excellence” p. 4. Securing relationships with students will allow the classroom to develop and stabilize into a “learning classroom”. As an educator, the focus can then be on facilitating advancement in knowledge. I currently find that the development of a respectful relationship with clinical students and new employees allows the facilitation of a conducive learning environment. Of course as discussed in Cooper & Garner, (2012) I believe that it then leads to a “growth mindset” allowing for a more impactful learning experience.

The first step in classroom management is to create an environment where students feel cared for and valued. To do accomplish this, teachers need to build positive student-teacher relationships. Marazano (2003) reports in his book, Classroom Management That Works, which is cited in the Jones and Jones (2013) book, that “Positive teacher-student relationships were the foundation of effective classroom management” (p.56). I am committed to creating a safe learning environment that is organized, structured and conducive to student learning. While influencing a classroom of community learners, I strive to also build positive teacher-student relationship with all of my

As a teacher, I believe that I play a crucial role in the success of every learning process. To guarantee that learning will take place, I make sure to create a learning environment that is relevant to the students’ background. Throughout my teaching experience, I learned how to love my students,

Human behavior is learned; therefore, behavior can be unlearned with new behaviors learned in its place (Pavlov (1849-1936). Attitude is developed which helps us to reach our goals (Katz, 1998). A teacher’s attitude and behavior plays a vital role in a child’s behavior and academic success in the classroom. A teacher’s attitude is important when communicating with students. A teacher who has and displays the following characteristic attributes in the classroom Empathy, motivation and passion for teaching students creates a foundation and atmosphere for good behavior and academic success. Relationships really matter when it comes to learning. Creating a positive relationship will not control all disruptive students, but you will foster and set a foundation for good communication; respect in the classroom. Positive relationships between teacher and students is extremely important in that it wins favor by having active learners in the classroom. The outcome is having students engage who otherwise struggle academically or lack interests in activities, such as reading, writing and discussion. This paper will examine the relationship among the following constructs; The impact of teachers attitudes and behavior on students attitudes, behavior and academic success.

Student teacher relationship is imperative to student learning. “Tell me and I forget, teach me and I may remember, involve me and I learn” is a quote by Benjamin Franklin, that explains how vital student-teacher rapport is to critical learning (Staff, A. H., 2016). It is central that students feel comfortable in the classroom, and there is mutual respect between the teacher and students. For my fieldwork, I observed student-teacher relationship in two schools. One school, Alden Place Elementary School holds grades 3rd- 6th, and the other, Millbrook High School holds grades 9th-12th. They are both very different in the sense that one includes high-school students, and the other includes elementary students.