Teachers provide today's youth with the tools to become a positive part of society. Whether they are successful or not determines the fate of our civilization. Unfortunately, teacher training does not completely prepare the individual for this crucial role.

All teachers need to:

Know the student and their community
Respect the student as a valuable individual
Require respect from the student
Model organization and preparedness in the classroom and require it from students
Respect effort
Reward Responsibility
Expect success

The goal of this manual is to provide teachers with tools to quickly correct the negative situations in any teaching scenario. The manual is structured to allow eachteacher to customize it to the needs of his or her own classroom.

A positive environment fosters the following outcomes:

For the Teachers:
Confidence
Control
Success, academically and socially
For the students:
Self?confidence, socially and academically
Discovery of positive communication methods
Increased academic success
For administrators and college level instructors:
Specific guidelines for setting up a class
Positive behaviors for teachers to implement
Increased student success