Greeting at the Door Puts You in Charge

October 27, 2009

From Kate Ortiz, a teacher in Chariton, Iowa

I recommend greeting students at the classroom door, because it establishes you as a person in charge, models the respectful kind of interaction you expect to have happen in the classroom, and provides you with a brief connection to each student. I have found, for example, that if a student is wound up, a brief greeting can have a calming effect.

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Hector Martinez | 2009/12/16

Greetings are a great way to start the morning - both at home and the classroom because greetings are a short way of exclaming the significance of the greeted person.

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