For Teachers:

• Develop teacher/student relationships that foster academic growth and positive interpersonal relationships.
   
• Pursue your professional ideals in the face of bureaucratic demands.
   
• Minimize classroom disciplinary problems.
   
• Understand students' puzzling and/or negative responses to the learning process, as well as in their relationships with teachers and other students.
   
• Engage parents and school personnel to be partners in the learning experience.