Importance of High Expectation

Teacher Expectations and Behavior

What do you expect as a substitute teacher from the students in the classroom you are assigned to when you walk through the door? I expect students to be respectful, prepared and to participate. I expect students to act their age. As a teacher, I seek to model the behavior I am seeking. I want to be respectful, prepare and proactively engaged in what I am doing. I do not want to present myself as unhappy with my job or them. I am therefore very explicit in my expectations of the students (who I consider my students while I am there). I expect the students to be accountable for their behavior and I am also accountable for my behavior as well.

Link to online article, Teacher Behavior Strategies: A Menu (Intervention Central, 2014):
http://www.interventioncentral.org/behavioral-interventions/challenging-students/teacher-behavioral-strategies-menu