Top 9 Quotes & Sayings by Harry Wong

Explore popular quotes and sayings by an educator Harry Wong.
Last updated on November 29, 2024.
Harry Wong

Harry K. Wong is an educator, educational speaker and author. His works include The First Days of School: How to Be an Effective Teacher and New Teacher Induction, as well as a variety of CD-Audio and DVD-format resources for teachers. The First Days of School has sold over 3.5 million copies and has had five editions printed.

Educator | Born: 1932
In an effective classroom students should not only know what they are doing, they should also know why and how.
The number one problem in the classroom is not discipline; it is the lack of procedures and routines.
It is the teacher - what the teacher knows and can do - that is the most significant factor in student achievement. — © Harry Wong
It is the teacher - what the teacher knows and can do - that is the most significant factor in student achievement.
Half of what you will accomplish in a day will be determined before you leave home. Three quarters of what you achieve will be determined before you enter the classroom door
The most important day of a person's education is the first day of school, not Graduation Day.
A well-managed classroom is a task-oriented and predictable environment.
One of the greatest gifts a caring teacher can contribute to children is to help them learn to sit when they feel like running, to raise their hand when they feel like talking, to be polite to their neighbor, to stand in line without pushing, and to do their homework when they feel like playing. By introducing procedures in the classroom, you are also introducing procedures as a way of living a happy and successful life.
The most successful classes are those where the teacher has a clear idea of what is expected from the students and the students know what the teacher expects from them.
The single greatest effect on student achievement is not race, it is not poverty - it is the effectiveness of the teacher.
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