Even before
you first see your students, your success at winning their respect and
attention may have already been predetermined by your reputation. Right or
wrong, accurate or not, your reputation will precede you
·
If
you have a good reputation, the students will enter your classroom with high
expectations, and this will be to your benefit
·
If
you have a poor reputation, the students will enter the classroom with low
expectation, and this will be to your detriment.
Whether you
like it or not, the students will talk about you, the parents will talk about
you, the administration will talk about you, and your colleagues will talk
about you.
Everyone
likes and support winners. Parents want their children to be in the classes of
the teachers with the outstanding reputations. Teachers with poor reputations
often get what is left after all the sifting and shuffling of students and
teachers has been done.
You will
attract better students, have a minimum of problems on the first day of school,
and generally be much happier with your job if you have students who want to be
in your class. It makes no sense to be a teacher that no one wants to have as a
teacher.
Protect your reputation and create a
positive image. You have nothing to lose and everything to gain.
