Enhancing Teaching and Learning: 14 Strategies for Boosting Effectiveness and Joy

Educational research along with 42 years of classroom teaching have taught me that establishing meaningful, appropriate relationships with students results in minimized classroom discipline problems, increased student engagement and joy, increased learning, and enhanced job satisfaction, sense of fulfillment, and joy for the teacher! Positive teacher to students relationships are dependent on the teacher being intentional about demonstrating to the students that they are cared for as individuals. This article will summarize 14 ways to demonstrate teacher caring.