Creating a Safe Environment for Teaching

To decrease stress for students Set clear classroom rules with predetermined consequences. Keep students' sensitive information, such as grades and personal issues, confidential. Speak respectfully to students, address them by name, get to know them as individuals, and make each person feel special. Use rubrics for assignments so students know the exact expectations for earning specific grades. Smile, have fun teaching, and show a sense of humor. To increase stress for students Delegate pun...