Positive Classroom Environment

Students learn best in a positive classroom environment. Here are some simple things you can do to provide a positive environment.

• Provide praise and compliments.
• Encourage students when they have difficulty.
• Pay attention to each student as an individual.
• Maintain eye contact with a pleasant facial expression.
• Speak in a pleasant voice.
• Make your classroom student-centered rather than teacher-centered.
• Communicate positive expectations that are reasonable and realistic.