Aristotle once said that “excellence is not an act but a habit”, and so it is with teaching: the foundations of a successful classroom are built of rules and routines, regularly repeated and reinforced. Rules may not be as sexy as, say, neuroscience, but without these essential groundworks the edifice of learning would simply crumble.
With this in mind, it is important that you firmly and frankly set out your rules on day one, immediately establishing who’s boss – because if you don’t articulate clear dos and don’ts before you start teaching then you will find it difficult to break the bad habits that inevitably fill the void.
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