How Do You Create A Non-Threatening, Welcome Classroom Environment?
Non Threatening Welcoming Classroom Environment Checklist • Do you greet your students each day with enthusiasm and find something positive to say as much as possible or as much as time will allow for? • Do you provide students with time to share happenings, events or items with you? Even if you set a certain time frame aside each day for 3-5 students to share, it will help to create a friendly warm, and welcome environment. It shows them you care and it provides you with opportunities to learn about what is important about each of your students. • Do you take the time on occasion to share something that is important to you? Even if it’s the fact that your own child took their first steps or if you saw a wonderful play that you would like to share with your students. Your students will see you as a real and caring person. This type of sharing shouldn’t be done every day but from time to time. • Do you take time to talk about differences within the classroom? Diversity is everywhere and
