I find that a supportive

Submitted by Mrs. M (not verified) on November 28, 2007 - 23:16.

I find that a supportive "community" in a classroom is vital for each student to be successful. This article mainly focuses on the secondary level of education. I teach elementary which is the root system for students to understanding what a community environment is made up of. I demand a high level of respect from my students, but they get that same amount of respect from me. The Essential 55 written by Ron Clark was a tool that helped me form a postive community in my classroom my first year of teaching. Although I don't follow each and every part of Ron Clark's essential 55, I have continued to use the parts I felt were most important each year thereafter. I would like to hear what more elementary schools and their teachers do to encourage a postive community within their school.

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