The Power of Names
Students all over the country are returning to school and often to a new teacher and new classmates. One of the first things teachers and students will engage in is learning each other’s names. Learning people’s names is a critical aspect of the community building process: getting to know each other and building positive relationships. At the elementary level, teachers have the task of getting to know the students in their own class, as well as any groups they might teach, and even the students in their colleagues’ classes. At the secondary level, teachers may have well over 100 students in their classes, and will also need to learn the names of their students in order to address them appropriately and respectfully.
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