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Year 11 mentor comment: __** // “It was pretty dry stuff. Allowing them to tell their stories and sharing your stories was good. Behaviour management takes years, but the relationship you are developing with the class is helping.” // **Monday 10th August 2009.** // “You came up with some good stories which were a good conversation starter. It was good to focus on what they thought support meant. They are happy to talk & have some strong opinions.” // **Monday 7th September 2009.** Extract from my Journal: __** // “Interesting morning today, 1 student come up and told me that he didn’t “feel like cooking”. When I prompt the idea to go and work on the class activities, he just started refusing and making an scene, nodding his head and became really anxious. I explained him, with the assistance of my Mentor teacher that behaviour wasn’t acceptable and I was giving him a reasonable direction. Also we mention that if he had continued to deny a teacher’s directions his other choice was to visit the A.P. office. He decided to do the activity and nearly finished it” // **Thursday 27th August 2009.** Year 11 mentor comment on the same student: __** // “You deal well with XXXXX difficult personality where he is always complaining about something. You diffuse that really well.” // **Wednesday 7th October 2009.** (Extracts from student feedback forms) ** // “Mr. Consola is a good teacher for me. Coz he understands me”. // // “Yes, I did like to have Mr. Consola as my teacher. Very easy to get along with and funny. // ”
 * Graduate teachers know that relationships form the basis of all teaching and learning **
 * Productive relationships with students based on mutual respect allowed me to gain their confidence and provide them with feedback at level they were receptive to. **
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