@PhilipCampbell

I agree with so many of these great points brought up, but one that I did not see is challenging each student to a higher level.  Of course, this has to be done in combination with so many of these other skills discussed like motivation, empathy, learning environment, etc., but getting the student regardless of what level they are to that next level has brought more smiles to their faces and self-esteem.  This has brought them to  truly believing that they were more capalble than they or others gave them credit for in the past.  

I also agree with the two of you on how informative and helpful this material was in this course.  I not only enlightened me, but also help reinforce some very good techniques to assist me in class with the variety of students as well as the variety of situations we all encounter.