Teach Like a Pirate - Chapter 3: Rapport

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Dave Burgess hit the nail on the head!

We should have techniques in place to avoid behavior battles!

  Rapport is the #1 technique.

It is what sets teachers apart in the classroom when it comes to discipline!

In this chapter, Dave Burgess describes how he builds rapport with his students. 

What are his suggestions?

• Make connections in your lessons with the lives of your students.  This might be their personal interests and/or connections with tv, music, etc
• Get to know your students - what do they like, dislike, find interesting, enjoy doing, etc
• Build the trust of your students.
• Spend time outside the instructional time with your students:  lunch, playground, before school, etc.
• Make your classroom a safe, learning environment.  He calls this a No - Meanness Zone (pg.25)
• Make your classroom FUN and out of the ordinary!

When you build rapport with your students, they will be hooked!

For a play by play of Dave's first 3 days of school see pages 22 - 32.