In the book What Great Teachers Do Differently, Todd Whitaker chronicles things that great teachers do. By adopting many of the practices in the book, a new teacher can be well on their way to becoming a great teacher. High expectations, creating a climate of caring, decision making, and learning to ignore things are just a few of the things that great teachers do. Great teachers have high expectations not just for their students, but also for themselves. The expectations a teacher places on his or herself are directly related to those placed on their students.
As a teacher, one of the main roles is to motivate your learners to develop their ability and aspiration to learn. Some may read about delivering training and facilitating learning , but in reality a teacher does much more than that. A teaching role is not just about teaching your subject or preparing learners for assessment. The focus of a teaching role relates very much to inspiring learners to change and develop their personal, social and professional skills to the best of their ability. In this respect, the ultimate aim is to enable learners to understand how to take responsibility for their own development.
In life we come across many teachers. Some we will hate and some we will adore. It is required to develop some type of relationship with the teacher to succeed in the class, especially for students who continue their education after high school. Experiencing many teachers in life, students will come across many teachers. In truth, there are three types of teachers: Informative, nonchalant and friendly.
Keeping records is a very important reflexive tool for both teachers and learners in the educational setting. Accurate records taken throughout a course enables both teacher and students to continually reassess the effectiveness of the teaching/learning relationship by giving an ongoing measure against which to view learning objectives. Records indicate whether pupils have learnt what has been taught and are making sufficient progress with the course; who needs more help or is ready for more extensive work by assessing better or worse progress than expected; and whether teachers need to refine any aspects of their teaching by assessing successes or shortcomings where teaching needs to be strengthened. Attendance data taken on a close protection course gives an idea of where students may fall behind with learning outcomes through non attendance. Identifying non attendance could indicate a problem external to the teaching setting which may benefit from referral to other professionals or could point to students’ dissatisfaction with the teaching style which could be addressed by reassessing the teaching methods used in order to promote more inclusive practice.
Learning is best achieved in a quite environment, therefore being quite during a lesson is important. If there are uncontrolled uproars during class, the ability to concentrate is hampered and the material being taught is not grasped well. This puts not only the students causing the disruption at a disadvantage, but the rest of the students who are trying to learn. This can lead to negative tensions between the unoffending students and those at fault. These tensions can even progress and continue after school, thus further stressing the classroom and adding to the overall interference.
Teachers are coming out of their classrooms and meeting with other teachers and sharing strategies, and asking questions that have other teachers thinking about how to have more successful classroom experiences. The final implication I think that it is having globally is that through coaching we will have retention of quality teachers. Through collegial and peer coaching teachers will find their voice in the classroom, understand what they what to accomplish and through self-reflection with a coach, teachers will begin to have an impact on their students in their
As a teacher you groom and mold your students always teaching them new criteria they need to know for their future. That is why as an educator I want to continue my own enlightenment by obtaining a Master’s degree. By becoming a principal it enables me to become a lifelong learner by observing great teachers, support disenfranchised students by being the constant figure at the school as kids move from class to class or from district to district but most of all I would get the opportunity to watch the students grow over their entire school grade career, not only physically but mentally and
Assessment Item One – ‘What is an Effective Teacher?” Personal Beliefs - Abstract There is no definitive answer, rather levels of effectiveness. The accumulation of considerable experience teaching in both private industry and as a High School teacher has resulted in me anchoring my teaching practices on what I consider to be pedagogical lynchpins: passion, subject knowledge, exemplar teaching, equity, structure, high expectations of all students and student motivation. Additionally, I feel that teacher development is a critical factor for progressive, effective teaching to eventuate. Passion for teaching is paramount, because if I am not interested, then why should they (be)? If I have to sell a ‘product’, then it is one in which I must have my heart.
Teachers utilize diverse procedures to control unacceptable behaviors in the classroom Lewis, Romi, Qui and Katz (2005). At the same time, however teachers endeavor to make the classroom contribute to a favorable learning environment for the students. For example using corporal punishment like caning, sending the child out of class for misbehaving, or to the disciplinarian office, or calling their parents is actually harming them as they are not able benefit from it. Classroom management has mostly been seen by teachers as something that is not simple to compromise in education. Sanford and Evertson (1981) have similarly argued that classroom management is a major difficulty for “teachers and administrators in junior high schools” (p. 34).
Most of people have to go to school whether they like it or not, and that means dealing with a wide variety of teachers on a daily basis. Some are nice, some are mean, and some we believe to be just plain crazy. Teachers should always take into consideration the choices that they make, as students are constantly looking up to them. A teacher has to be a role model at all times. This includes, exhibiting the right behavior in class, poised body language and also in terms of the content being taught.