we have ALL the tools we need!

Our tool box now is home to 17 different tools, and each tool is amazing and does so much. Our tools create beautiful things, and one of the best things these tools create is positive and lasting effects on the lives of students.

These tools help to create so much. They create much more than I am about to tell you.

• Students consistently want teachers who respect them, listen to them, show empathy toward them, help them work out their problems, and become human by sharing their own lives and ideas with their students. Investment
• Teachers who create a warm and supportive classroom environment tend to be more effective with all students. Invitation 
• Effective teachers set high expectations for themselves and their students with an orientation toward growth and improvement evident in the classroom. Challenge

These are just a few examples of what our teaching tools can do for our students. As teachers we need to use our tools, constantly. We must show the students we care about their needs, we need to show them that we are listening and seeing. We need to show that we care, so that they can show us they care.