Building positive relationships is important for teachers and students. A warm, trusting teacher-student relationship can foster cooperation, motivation, and better academic and behavioral outcomes. Similarly, positive relationships between teachers, parents, and other colleagues are also beneficial. Teachers can develop these relationships by showing care, respect, active listening, sharing knowledge, and offering support tailored to individual needs. Maintaining trust, understanding diversity, and resolving conflicts constructively are key aspects of positive relationships.

1. Developing Positive
Relationships
Karen Catherine Hamilton

2. The importance of
developing
positive relationships
Human beings are naturally social creatures, we crave friendship and positive interactions, so it makes sense that to better our
relationships are to work, the happier and more productive we will be. Good working relationships give us several benefits it
makes work more easier when we have a good relationship with each other.

3. The importance of developing
positive relationships
Building positive relationships with young
children is an essential task and a foundational
component of good teaching. All children grow and thrive
in the context of close and dependable relationships that provide
love and nurturance, security, and responsive
interactions. A positive adult-child relationship built on trust,
understanding, and caring will foster children’s
cooperation and motivation and increase their positive
outcomes at school (Webster-Stratton, 1999).

4. The importance of
developing
positive relationships
In a review of empirically derived risk and protective factors associated with academic and behavioral problems at the
beginning of school, Huffman et al. (2000) identified that having a positive preschool experience and a warm and open
relationship with their teacher or child care provider are important protective factors for young children. These protective
factors operate to produce direct, ameliorative effects for children in at-risk situations (Luthar, 1993).

5. Characteristics that make up good and
healthy working relationships
There are several characteristics that make up good, healthy working relationships :
 Trust – This is the foundation of every good relationship.
 Mutual Respect – When you respect the people that you work with, you value their input and ideas, and they value yours.
 Mindfulness – This means taking responsibility for your words and actions.
 Welcoming Diversity – People with good relationships not only accept diverse people and opinions, but they welcome
them.
 Open Communication – We communicate all day, whether we're sending emails and IMs, or meeting face-to-face.

6. Ways on how a teacher can
develop positive relationship
with studentsHow to develop positive relationships with your students:
 Show pleasure and enjoyment to students.
 Interact with students in a responsive and respectful manner.
 Offer students help (e.g. answering questions in timely manner, offering support
that matches students' needs) in achieving academic and social objectives.
 Help students reflect on their thinking and learning skills.

7. Ways on how a teacher can
develop positive relationship
with students Know and demonstrate knowledge about individual students' backgrounds, interests, emotional strengths and academic
levels.
 Avoid showing irritability or aggravation toward students.
 Acknowledge the importance of peers in schools by encouraging students to be caring and respectful to one another.
 Always come up with ways to keep the students interested in their school work or social life.
 Provide them with a sense of belonging, purpose and self worth.

8. Ways on how a teacher can
develop positive relationship
with parentsHow to develop positive relationships with parents:
 Show compassion, sensitivity, empathy and mutual respect for each other.
 Treat each other as equal partners in the planning and decision-making.
 Listen actively. Teachers should put themselves in parents’ and students’ shoes.

9. Ways on how a teacher can
develop positive relationship
with parents Approach disagreement in a manner that encourages mutual problem solving.
 Parents should be supportive in school’s activity.
 Develop a mutual understanding of the strengths and needs of
the student. Parents and teachers should
share their understanding of the student’s learning styles.
 Trust each other’s judgment.

10. Ways on how a teacher can
develop positive relationship
with other teachersHow to develop positive relationships with other teachers:
 Ensure that the relationship you have with yourself is a positive one.
 Accept and celebrate the fact that all teachers are different.
 Actively listen to hear what other experience teachers have to say.
 Give people time and “be present” when you are with them.
 Develop and work on your communication skills.

11. Ways on how a teacher can develop
positive relationship with other teachers
 Be supportive of other people’s work.
 Share information to your colleagues.
 Ask for help if needed.
 Trust each other.
 Learn to be more understanding and empathize.
 Be respectful of yourself and others.
 Learn to give and take constructive feedback.

12. References
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