Dear Duluth Adventist Christian School Parents,
We are excited to have your child in my classroom this year. We are looking forward to the many educational, fun and rewarding experiences that we will encounter and strive towards together. We are also looking forward to working with you throughout this year.
A new school year is an exciting time for children, teacher, and parents. It means making new friends, taking part in new activities, learning new skills, and trying new things. Along with all these comes responsibility.
To have a successful learning environment, We will stress the importance of cooperative learning and building a community in the classroom. This encompasses good study skills, listening skills, and responsible and respectful behavior. In order for me to do the best job possible as teachers, We would like to make you aware that our school and teachers promote positive management techniques that motivate children to be responsible for their own behavior. The set of school wide agreements that cover all areas and create a positive classroom environment are as follows:
- Attentive listening.
- Appreciations/No put down.
- Right to pass (This gives a child the choice to answer or share at times)
- Mutual respect
To encourage children to follow the rules, be respectful, and learn responsibility, there are many positive teaching techniques we will use for individuals and the entire class. We will always strive to reinforce appropriate behavior by giving the children positive feedback either with positive comments, awards, choice time, lunch with the teacher, positive phone calls home, extra responsibility such as helping the teacher and much more. I am confident that the list will grow as the year progresses.
In order to help the children grow in becoming their own problem solvers and encourage them to be responsible for their own behavior, DACS have developed a few classroom management techniques that you should be aware of so that we may work together to create a positive learning experience for your children:
Promoting Community/Self-Confidence
From the first day of school one of my goals for your children is to create an environment in which they feel safe, welcome, spiritual, and comfortable in an effort to build their self-confidence and a love for school. There are various ways in which I go about doing this.
- We will spend time at least once a week doing activities that bring us together as a community and in prayer.
- We will have class meetings to decide on ways in which to create a feeling of safety and belonging or to review out class agreements.
- Character education is used to promote such values as repect, acceptance, honesty, generosity, courage, love, and good judgement.
- Friendship groups and time with God.
We truly want to take the time to get to know your child beyond their academic abilities. Each child is unique, yet has connections to those in their classroom. We want to help them learn more about themselves this year to create a well rounded experience in DACS Middle School.
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