I keep my expectations and standards high in my classroom starting on the first day of school. This can be a challenge for my students at first, but they learn quickly that what they might see as harsh or unattainable pushes them to accomplish great things they never knew were possible. We practice grit and rigor on a daily basis, and the send of accomplishment my students feel after a day's work makes the long-hours and emotional investment of teaching worth it.
In my classroom, you will see kids asking if they can take home work to show family, begging for me to post their work on our classroom Instagram account so they can share it with family and friends, or running up to admin who are passing through the room to show them what they're accomplishing that given day. We hang work on the walls and congratulate peers who make it onto the "Nobel Prize Worthy Work" wall. These pieces of work that make it into that wall specifically show great growth, above-and-beyond effort or work that though outside of the box. It gets my students excited to produce work, and it makes me proud to see them proud of their own accomplishments.
In my classroom, you will see kids asking if they can take home work to show family, begging for me to post their work on our classroom Instagram account so they can share it with family and friends, or running up to admin who are passing through the room to show them what they're accomplishing that given day. We hang work on the walls and congratulate peers who make it onto the "Nobel Prize Worthy Work" wall. These pieces of work that make it into that wall specifically show great growth, above-and-beyond effort or work that though outside of the box. It gets my students excited to produce work, and it makes me proud to see them proud of their own accomplishments.