Title: In Teachers We Trust: Can Kids Count on You? | Edutopia
Headings: In Teachers We Trust: Can Kids Count on You?
Social & Emotional Learning (SEL)
In Teachers We Trust: Can Kids Count on You?
By Rebecca Alber
February 7, 2010
Keep it Real
Don't Take it Personally
Be Honest
Be Reliable
Be Fair
Don't Confuse the Two
Remain Competent

Content: The bottom line and absolute truth is that humans -- whether adults or children -- don't learn if we don't trust. At our school sites, we want the administrators to trust we are doing our best in the classrooms and they want us to trust they are doing their best. ( As we know, this isn't always the case.) Children easily vibe when adults lack trust with each other, and they aren't blind to the hypocrisy of those same adults telling them to trust their teachers and fellow students. That said, trust is not a given. It has to be earned. And in an interdependent relationship as the one a teacher has with his students, without trust, there is often only a stagnant environment. According to educational consultant and author of Trust Matters, Megan Tschannen-Moran, in a hierarchal relationship, those in power -- teachers, in the case of the classroom -- are responsible for building trust. Keep it Real
We've all seen the videos at after-school meetings of the model teacher -- the ones that leave us thinking: " Maybe I should be more like that super bubbly teacher with the sweet voice?"