Establishing rapport, being caring, encouraging, respectful, and being a professional with a positive attitude will help me to be seen as an approachable and helpful authority figure to students. Making them as comfortable as possible from their point of view should help to keep them interested in attending my class because they want to be there. Ultimately, I'd like them to see me as someone who can help them to succeed in accomplishing goals. I remember being a student quite well and have a pretty good perspective on their point of view. As their instructor, I'll keep that in mind.
