| Dear Sample,
There’s nothing more frustrating for teachers than students who just won’t listen and follow instructions! In every classroom, there seem to be at least one or two. To make matters worse, their selective hearing impairment seems contagious.
Even though this has become even more challenging for teachers now, there is hope! Love and Logic has heard from many teachers who tell us how they have succeeded in changing their relationship with kids who previously were the primary troublemakers in their classrooms. How do successful teachers (and parents) train kids to listen? Listed below are some suggestions:
Build special relationships with your most resistant students.
Great teachers know that tough students are far more likely to listen to teachers who they love and respect.
Set limits only for things over which you have total control.
Unsuccessful teachers and parents are famous for attempting to set limits on things they could never control in a million years. Successful teachers use enforceable statements to set limits.
For example, great teachers say things like, “I give full credit to papers handed in on time.” Less successful teachers say, “Hand your papers in on time.”
Enforce limits without repeated warnings and reminders.
Effective parents and teachers remember that kids will always come to need at least the same number of warnings and reminders as the warnings and reminders that they are given.
We have a free article on the website, How I Run My Love and Logic Classroom, which can help teachers create a positive learning environment in their classrooms. For additional ideas on building cooperative teacher-student relationships, applying enforceable statements in the classroom, and managing behavior as you teach, listen to our audio, Quick and Easy Classroom Interventions: 23 Proven Tools for Increasing Student Cooperation.
Thanks for reading!
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Dr. Charles Fay |
