Creating a Learning Environment ...aka... A Classroom

As a teacher, I know that I must create a caring, friendly, and safe environment for children. Children need to know that trying their best is all one can ask of them. A caring and supportive teacher can build that environment of trust. In the article, A Quality Teacher is a Caring Teacher, the NEA gives several examples of what a caring teacher does for/with her children. Teachers are role models. Ask yourself, "What kind of role model will I be to students?" That should be a question that a teacher asks everyday. I really do think about that question everyday with my group of Kindergartners.