Great question-this is such an important part of building a strong classroom culture! 💛
One powerful way is to connect teacher-student interactions directly to student outcomes and teacher satisfaction, not just compliance. Leaders can model this by giving specific, strengths-based feedback regularly (not only during formal observations) and celebrating examples of meaningful interactions when they see them.
It also helps to frame interactions as a daily professional practice-like lesson planning or classroom management-rather than something done "for the supervisor." Creating opportunities for reflection, peer observations, and collaborative discussions around interactions can shift the mindset from "being observed" to "being intentional for students."
Over time, consistency, encouragement, and supportive coaching help teachers internalize that these interactions matter every day, not just on observation days.
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Anna Antigua
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Original Message:
Sent: 02-01-2026 23:00
From: Angela Smith
Subject: Interaction
How can a leader get their teacher to see how important it is for teachers' to see student-teacher & teacher- student interacting not just when their supervisor show up?
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Angela Smith
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