“Successful teachers have a script or a plan ready for the first day of school.” Wong

2. “Successful teachers have a script or a plan ready for the first day of school.” Wong

3. “Effective teachers: • have positive expectations for student success • are extremely good classroom managers • know how to design lessons for student mastery” Wong

4. “Classroom management consists of the practices and procedures that a teacher uses to maintain an environment in which instruction and learning can occur.” Wong

5. “The biggest secret to teaching success … Beg, Borrow and Steal!” Wong

6. “The effective teacher • -Works cooperatively and learns from colleagues • - Seeks out a colleague who serves as a role model • - Goes to professional meetings to learn • - Has a goal of striving for excellence”

7. “Teachers quite literally are changing the world – one teenager at a time.”

8. “The world talks to the mind. A teacher speaks more intimately; he talks to the heart.” Ginott

9. “By far, the most important factor in school learning is the ability of the teacher. Professional development of the teacher has a significant impact on student learning.” Hunter

10. “As soon as possible, put something on a bulletin board from each student with the student’s name on it. Displaying something from every student makes one feel like a part of the class. The more they know about one another, the more likely they are to identify with and respect one another as equals.”

11. “You do not get a second chance to make a first impression.”

12. Use warm-ups/bell work to allow for smooth transitions and maximize learning time. Consider using please and thank you on your written instructions (on the board and on assignments).

13. Repetition is the key. For a child to learn something new, you need to repeat it an average of 8 times. For a child to unlearn an old behaviour and replace it with a new behaviour, you need to repeat the new behaviour an average of 28 times. (20 times to undo the old behaviour and 8 times to learn the new one.)

14. “… students won’t always remember the content youtaught them – but they will remember how you made them feel…”

15. “Greet your students as they enter the classroom. Communicate with parents and students before school starts, or within the first couple of days. “

16. “The two things that students worry the most about on the first day are: “having the teacher mispronounce your name and walking into the wrong room.”

17. “The best teachers teach from both the head and the heart.”