which enable them to academically challenge students beyond what negative, controlling, or enabling teachers can.
Empowering Mindsets of No-Nonsense Nurturers
The empowering mindsets of No-Nonsense Nurturers center on holding high expectations for 100 percent of their students, 100 percent of the time, and developing positive, life-altering relationships with students and their families. Consider the following.
“I Get Into My Students’ Hearing”
When managing the success of twenty-five or more students in a classroom, clear, concise, and often direct communication is important so you can get into your students’ hearing and they follow your directions. What does get into your students’ hearing mean? As teachers, we may use language conventions that are confusing to students or miscommunicate our expectations. For example, a teacher might ask, “Students, can you please put away your materials?” when he or she really means, “Students, it is time to put away your materials.” The difference in your tone and intonation can determine whether students perceive your words as a question—giving them a choice in the situation—or understand that you are stating an expectation. Getting into your students’ hearing means you recognize that there is a difference in your communication style and the communication style your students are used to. Some teachers struggle with getting into their students’ hearing because they are afraid that by being direct, they sound mean. However, for many students, using clear, concise, and direct language when setting expectations shows students a confident teacher with expectations everyone must follow and high confidence in each student’s ability to be successful.
If teachers are unsuccessful in communicating expectations with students, there is a risk of students misinterpreting what the teachers want. This can result in teachers feeling certain students are noncompliant and, as a result, they may become frustrated. All this could be happening while students think they are following directions, which can lead to consequences for both teachers and students.
Following are two scenarios that illustrate this point.
Scenario One
Unintended enabler: “Students, I think we’ve spent enough time reading. Let’s put away your reading books. Take out your journals and get started on your writing lesson for the day.”
What students might hear: “The teacher thinks we’ve spent enough time on our reading, and when we are ready, she would like us to take out our journals.”
So, some students feel they can choose what to do. Some students continue reading, while others begin writing, to the consternation of the teacher.
Scenario Two
No-Nonsense Nurturer: “Students, we have spent twenty minutes reading. Silently put away your reading books and take out your journals. We will begin our writing lesson in thirty seconds.”
What students hear: “The teacher expects me to put my reading book away and take out my journal now.”
A firm, clear tone sends a message students understand clearly and, as a result, they are more likely to follow the directions in a timely manner.
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