As a future educator, I hope to have the utmost respect from my students and vice versa. It's nice to have a fun and playful relationship with them, but first I'd like to have a serious relationship. I would disagree with Annie's method by never telling her students "no" out of respect. Kids take everything for advantage., and I can only imagine the atrocious event that made her end her pre-service teaching.
Being in a fifth grade classroom this semester, I feel as though I definitely have to establish a certain level of respect. Of course, at first meeting them I was very nice and welcoming (according to myself), but it came to a point that I had to announce to them, "I demand the same amount of respect as Mrs. Jones (pseudonym)." Otherwise, they'll walk all over me. To allow them to feel welcomed and cared for, I try and have conversations with them about their outside life (activities, parents, tv, shoes, etc.).
My method seems to be working currently. I just hope it has the same effect, if not better, in my own classroom.
Being in a fifth grade classroom this semester, I feel as though I definitely have to establish a certain level of respect. Of course, at first meeting them I was very nice and welcoming (according to myself), but it came to a point that I had to announce to them, "I demand the same amount of respect as Mrs. Jones (pseudonym)." Otherwise, they'll walk all over me. To allow them to feel welcomed and cared for, I try and have conversations with them about their outside life (activities, parents, tv, shoes, etc.).
My method seems to be working currently. I just hope it has the same effect, if not better, in my own classroom.