Building positive student-teacher rapport

1. Love Yourself
   You cannot give what you don't have
2. Learn about your students
   Likes and dislikes
3. Appreciate your students
   Understand their pressures. Listen without judging
4. Acknowledge your students
   Thank them. Notes. Hugs. Smiles
5. Listen
   "no particular agenda" set of ears for your students
   a real open minded, open hearted listener, you will be one of the greatest gifts in their lives
6. Make small concessions
   Grant small favours
7. Include and empower your students
   Ask them what they think. Let them participate in decision making. Give them options as long as they're willing to produce results. Actively solicit their advice. Help students feel important
8. Respect students
   Honour student decisions
   Give them responsibility. Enforce rules, guidelines, agreements. Keep promises
9. Treat students as a "possibility"
   Treat as a potential success. Consider possibilities of greatness although not evident, currently disguised
10. Be open with students
    Share about yourself, let them know you. Talk about your joys, successes, challenges. You provide a great opportunity for students to learn about adult life.