Independence

One of the great things about my CM's classroom management is teaching the students to be independent. I appreciate how she expects them to take care of themselves, their belongings, and the classroom as a whole. She also expects many housekeeping tasks to be done without students asking her or her telling them to do it. It reminds me of a parent/child relationship in terms of taking care of a household together. I also like that she will have frank conversations with the class when she thinks that they are not acting responsibly, etc. In a way she is teaching them life lessons and independence as well as academics.