Here is a successful technique used by many effective teachers for greeting students on the first day of school.
Post the following information next to the classroom door:
*Your name
*Room number
*Section or period, if appropriate
*Grade level or subject
*An appropriate welcome or greeting
Stand at the door on the first day of school. Have a smile on your face, hand ready to shake the students' hands, and a look that says you can't wait to meet them.
As they stand there, wondering if you are the right teacher and this is the correct room, welcome them to a new school year and tell them the following:
*Your name
*Room number
*Section or period, if appropriate
*Grade level or subject
*Anything else appropriate, such as seating assignment
Check each students' registration card, and if the student is in the wrong place or is lost, help the student or find a guide who will.
After you greet a student, the student should be able to enter the classroom and see the same information displayed in the room:
*Your name *Room number *Section or period, if appropriate *Grade level or subject *An appropriate welcome or greeting Because the students are exposed to the same information three times, it is highly unlikely that any students will be in the wrong place on the first day of school. Their anxiety level and their tendency to be confrontational are reduced, and they feel welcome and at ease. Everything possible should be done to welcome the students and to make sure they know where to go and how to get there on time.
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