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Here are the top ten rules to follow teaching teenagers.

1. You are the teacher

2. Keep your personal life separate

3. Let students collaborate

4. Connect to real world concepts

5. Engage in discussion

6. Keep your word

7. Present options

8. Learn your students

9. Be ready for anything

10. Have fun

1. You are the teacher
Tempting as it is, do not become their friend. It’s not your job.

2. Keep your personal life separate
Don’t share your personal contact information, especially social networking, with your students.

3. Let students collaborate
Companies look for people who work well with others. Show students how.

4. Connect to real world concepts
This connection keeps students from asking why.

5. Engage in discussion
Teenagers talk. Let them learn how to do it effectively.

6. Keep your word
When you lose students’ trust, you lose control of your classroom.

7. Present options
The teenage years are made for discovery. Giving teenagers a choice lets them show you what they really know.

8. Learn your students
When students know you care, they care too.

9. Be ready for anything
Teenagers love to test teachers.

10. Have fun
Learning should never be boring.If you like what you see, keep going: Module 1: Student-Centered Learning

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