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Teacher
Who is teacher?
A teacher, also called a schoolteacher or
formally an educator, is a person who helps students to acquire
knowledge, competence, or virtue, via the practice ...
Who deserves to be a
teacher?
The Top 14 Qualities
that Make a Good Teacher
You don’t need to have
a specific personality type to be an inspiring and effective teacher. However,
there are some useful traits you should work on developing or strengthening if
your goal is to be a more engaging and successful educator.
1. Adaptability
Adaptability is a must
for teachers, who need to continuously evaluate what’s working for their
students — and even more importantly, what isn’t working. Being adaptable and
flexible allows you to flow between different theories of learning and modes of
teaching — something we’ll discuss momentarily — without becoming immobilized
by stress or indecision.
2. Empathy
Empathy is the ability
to understand what another person is feeling or experiencing — put simply,
putting yourself in another person’s shoes. As a teacher, it’s vital to
practice empathy instead of making assumptions — for instance, making efforts
to understand and address the root issue that’s causing a student to fall
behind their peers, perform more poorly than they used to, or lash out in
class.
3. Patience
Patience is important
both to possess and to model for your students — who, as we discussed in our
post on theories of learning, may view you as a role model and emulate your
behavior. Having a reserve of patience will make it easier for you to work through
each student’s unique struggles and challenges, which may be difficult or
slow-going to overcome.
4.
Engagement
Students are
perceptive from an extremely young age and can easily tell when teachers are
bored by or apathetic toward their own material. If you want to generate
engagement and enthusiasm in your class, it’s imperative to exemplify those
traits yourself, showing your students an infectious passion for learning — and
all the exciting discoveries and hobbies that it can unlock for them!
5.
Active Listening
Active listening is
vital if you want to effectively diagnose and help overcome students’ unique
obstacles and challenges. Seek feedback, encourage honesty, provide ways for
students to contact you easily, and be attentive whenever you listen, always
trying to read between the lines and assess body language while you’re
communicating. Learn more about how and why you should improve your active listening
skills.
6.
Lifelong Learning
The best educators
aren’t just interested in teaching — they also have a passion for lifelong
learning, which is reflected in their enthusiasm and engagement as instructors.
Continued learning and professional development deliver invaluable insight,
keeping professionals “sharp” and reminding teachers of the real-world
challenges that their students may be facing — creating a pathway for greater
empathy. Discover more about the importance of lifelong
learning and how different theories of learning could help
you teach — or understand — new information.
7.
Free of Bias
As an educator, you’ll
be responsible for teaching an extraordinarily wide range of students. To
combat inequality and discrimination and ensure fairness, you need to assess
your students’ needs in a way that is free from bias — something that requires
you to continuously check in with your own judgments and assumptions about
others.
8.
Respectful Attitude
Even in classrooms of
adult learners, there’s still an inherent imbalance of power that exists
between students and teachers. It’s imperative for educators to be mindful of
this imbalance and ensure that students feel respected and heard for the people
they are and what they contribute to the classroom.
9.
Creativity
Creativity goes hand
in hand with adaptability — another key trait we explored on this list. Whether
you teach first graders or doctoral students, you’ll need the ability to
innovate, think outside the box, and find novel solutions to challenges, which
will empower you to meet a wider range of students’ needs. Being creative as an
educator will also help you to foster creativity in your students — an
essential skill they’ll need for countless career paths.
10.
Collaborative
From parent-teacher
conferences and department meetings to teaching dozens or hundreds of students
every day, education is an intensely collaborative field by nature, involving a
constant interplay between students, teachers, administrators, and family members.
If your goal is to become an educator or transition into an educational
leadership position, you’ll need strong collaborative skills to ensure you can
work well with others consistently.
11.
Preparation
In line with being
flexible and adaptable, it’s important to be prepared for a wide range of
scenarios and challenges in the classroom. You can increase your overall level
of preparedness as an educator by learning about your students’ strengths and
challenges, and ensuring that you consider how each of your students could be
affected by your lesson plans.
12.
Promote a Growth Mindset
In 2006, psychologist
Carol Dweck introduced the concept of “growth mindsets” vs. “fixed mindsets” in
her book Mindset: The Psychology of Success. According to Dweck, individuals
with a fixed mindset perceive assets like intelligence as being determined early
in life, which can cause obstacles or challenges to seem insurmountable or
overwhelming. In contrast to a fixed mindset, individuals who have a growth
mindset believe that traits like intelligence and creativity can be developed
with practice.
13.
Meet Students Where They Are
Your students will
come to you from different backgrounds, skill sets, and challenges — and you
need to be ready to meet them, whichever point they’ve reached in their
learning. That means having the ability to accommodate students who learn at
different paces, using different styles and methods, within the same classroom
or group. This is another area where traits like adaptability, empathy, and
patience come into play for educators.
14.
Cross-Discipline Teaching
Drawing on multiple
subjects and disciplines shows students how businesses operate — and how
problem-solving works — in the real world, grounding their learning in
practical real-life scenarios.
If you don’t possess
all of these traits already, don’t panic — just be mindful that there may be
some areas where you could benefit from a little practice. Whether your goal is
to tune up weak skills, refine strong ones, or develop new abilities, a degree
or credential program provides the perfect opportunity to acquire the
qualifications and experience you need to go further in your chosen career
path.
Importance of teacher
in student’s life?
Teachers act as mentors and role models for students. They teach
students about values like dedication, compassion, and empathy. Teachers shape
students' moral character and curiosity inside and outside the classroom.
Great teachers of India
1.
Dr. Sarvepalli
Radhakrishnan.
2.
Savitribai Phule.
3.
Chanakya.
4.
Madan Mohan
Malviya.
5.
Rabindra Nath
Tagore.
6.
Swami
Vivekananda.
7.
Dr. A.P.J. Abdul
Kalam.
8.
Gautam Buddha.
Thank you ….
Pavan Kalyan S
