This training manual presents information on the relationship between the educational environment and minority student underachievement. The materials presented are designed to assist teachers in establishing positive student-teacher relationships and to create a challenging and friendly classroom climate. The training package, designed to be used by a principal or other appointed facilitator, provides a framework for a 4-month inservice training period. The first four units contain training sessions designed to provide teachers with background information on teacher expectations. Each unit includes: objectives, activities, instructions and materials for mini-lectures/discussion topics, transparencies, worksheets for small group activities, and participant information sheets. Units 5 through 10 focus on skills development through teacher self-evaluation and peer evaluation. The focus is on practice exercises, teacher self-evaluation procedures and forms, peer observation procedures, and assignments for completion by participating teachers. An extensive bibliography is included. (JD)