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- Call students by name – be friendly and caring
- Be enthusiastic, patient and kind – help build high self-esteem
- Praise success
- Be honest with students – it’s ok to say, “I don’t know”
- Be comfortable with silence – allow students time to think and form answers
- Do not give any student materials on your own without first discussing it with the staff
- Accept students as they are – be sensitive to differences in background, culture, religion, values, vocabulary and aspirations
- Never make a promise you can’t fulfill
- Do not eat candy, snacks or gum when working with students unless it is part of programming
- Be dependable and prompt
- Keep calm in an emergency
- Maintain your sense of humor!
