Teachers who establish classrooms that are caring, supportive, safe, challenging, and academically robust help define a positive learning environment. An effective teacher provides a well-managed, safe, and orderly environment that is conducive to learning and encourages respect for all. They are prepared, set clear and fair expectations, have a positive attitude, are patient with students, and assess their teaching on a regular basis. They are able to adjust their teaching strategies to fit both the students and the material, recognizing that different students learn in different ways
Positive Classroom Climate
Let's further define the characteristics found in a positive learning environment:
Develop and reinforce classroom rules and norms that clearly support safe and respectful behavior. Having classroom rules helps you create a predictable, safe learning environment for your students.
Promote positive peer relationships.
Nurture positive relationships with all students.
Safety. Before students can succeed academically, they must feel safe, both physically and mentally.
Engagement.
Connectedness.
Support.
Students feel physically and emotionally safe. They see the classroom as a place where they can be themselves and express themselves and their ideas without judgment.
Students know that they are valued and respected, regardless of other factors such as ability, gender, sexuality, race, ethnicity, or religion.
Students have ownership and input related to class structure and expectations.
All students are challenged to achieve high expectations, and all students receive the support necessary to meet those expectations.
Standards of behavior are established and are consistently and equitably enforced for all students.
