3.3

Getting to know your students is the most important of a teacher’s duties. Knowing them helps to programme for them more effectively but also to understand them and their personal situations, growing rapport with the students and foster respectful relationships are the key to successful teaching. ** // “Your rapport with the students is good. – you are relaxed with them and they are with you, but there is mutual respect – they respect your skills and what you are teaching them and you respect them and share your professional expertise with them. There is a good feeling in the room. The ease with which you communicate with them now means that you are naturally telling them things that come to mind, so there is a lot more incidental information coming through.” //** Wednesday 7th October 2009 **. // “The final demo went really well…I felt so relax and at the same time all this knowledge wants to come out, it feels good. I’m going to miss teaching these students, their engagement with the class is great; comparing with the first weeks are a completely different group” // **Wednesday 7th October 2009**.
 * Graduate teachers develop an understanding and respect for students as individuals and are sensitive to their social needs and learning styles and the ways they interact with others. **
 * __ Comment form my year 11 mentor: __**
 * __ Extract from my Journal: __**