After Reading the book excellent 11 by John Clark, I have a better understanding about the roles and responsibilities of a teacher. The eleven qualities mentioned in the book intermingle with each other. It is like making a cake from scratch; all the ingredients need to be present in order to obtain the desirable result. The qualities enthusiasm, adventure, creativity, reflection, balance, compassion, confidence, humor, common sense, appreciation, and resilience have help John Clark to become a great teacher and an excellent role model for new teachers.…
In order to be an outstanding educator, I believe one needs to be attentive, respectful, flexible, and have a willingness to always be a student themselves. An outstanding educator must always be attentive to what’s going on in his or her classroom, front to back and side to side. A healthy classroom environment should be safe, resourceful, and productive.…
The skills and attributes necessary to be an outstanding teacher include passion, leadership, and excellent communication. Passion yields student success because of the teacher’s desire for students to achieve their potential. An outstanding teacher is able to direct and lead the class and a well organized leader can properly develop students. Excellent communication with students and their parents ensures cooperation and enriches the learning environment.…
The skills or attributes which are necessary to be an outstanding teacher is in the following areas to good classroom management and content knowledge (development of teaching and learning materials and real world experience to be case studies for teaching sessions) to be passionate and have leadership skills. Teacher is to be extremely knowledgeable and understanding of the content being presented. Leadership means different things in different situations, in education effective leadership makes a difference in improving learning, nothing new or especially controversial about that idea. As Technology Teacher at I.D.E.A Academy at Hillhouse my roles in a particular school day would require various qualities to be an outstanding educator.…
An outstanding teacher should be a good listener in order to evaluate student achievement. The teacher should be able to present material in an interesting way in order to make the material interesting. A good teacher should have the skills to reach students with learning disabilities, as well as those who are high achievers. A good teacher should be a team player and work well with other teachers and staff. I believe all students have the capacity to…
Metacognitive Paper Domain II: Personal Development (Morals and Ethics) Domain Description Society today is very self involved. The behavior of society reflects this self involved mind set. It can be hard to strive past this wall of self centered mentality and to selflessly serve others. A good teacher has the ability to look past oneself and reach each student.…
Philosophy of Teaching My philosophy on education centers on an active approach as I engage students in discussions, activities, and higher-level thinking. I believe that all children can learn, therefore I have high expectations for students. It is my goal to improve student achievement with quality instruction that prepares children to influence the future. Philosophical Foundation…
Class discussions and partner share will be a teaching strategies used in our class. It will be important that we teach students what it takes to be an effective lesson partner. Students will be instructed on how to look at their partner, lean towards them, allow them to share prior to add to the discussion and they will know that everyone will be required to participate. With these strategies in place, students will become much more effective partners. As I’m deal with a Pre K-2 SDC class I will preview our daily schedule and my students a student 's schedule frequently, helping those students that seem to misbehave because they do not respond well to unexpected change in schedule or cannot remember what their schedule is.…
I noticed that by sharing my passion for teaching and using these principles with enthusiasm helps me to stay connected with my students, and as a result, teaching with passion, clarity, and enthusiasm effectively impacts my students connecting them to their passion and lifelong learning. Highly effective teachers can have and enriching effect on children life and their future. Effective teachers not only make students feel good about learning, but also that their work results in their increased achievement (Tucher, 2014) Student teaching was the one of the most critical times for my development of my teaching philosophy. I came from different country with no English at all about 8 years along and went through the long process of evaluating my education I got in another country, learning English, learning new teaching strategies and approaching.…
Furthermore my goal is that I can help students achieve academic success, increase their motivation to achieve, increase their pride and satisfaction in their own performance, as well as improve their self-confidence. If I am able to meet, and exceed in these goals, then teaching becomes that much…
The young and thriving minds of students can easily be misshapen, but someone has the chance to create them into intelligent and inquisitive individuals. I want to be that 'someone ' for students and I believe that teaching is the only way possible for me to do that. I want to give students not only knowledge, but also lessons that they can live by in the world outside of school. To be an effective teacher for my students, I have to teach in a way that suits their learning styles and knowing their intelligences based on Gardener 's theory can help me achieve that. Knowing this about my students guides me in choosing my methods of teaching and also allows me to use a variety of different learning styles to suit the individual needs of my…
Although I have only taught for five years, I have experienced many leadership opportunities inside and outside of my school district as well as witnessed other leaders inside and outside of our district. When I was offered my first teaching job, I was so excited to have the opportunity to work with the administration and fellow colleagues within the school district to help students grow and mature into adults. My first day at the school I felt the principle had a grudge against me. He was not in the interview process when I was hired, so I had never met him before. From day one I truly felt he was against me no matter what I did in my classroom.…
Knowing the children we teach—individually, culturally, and developmentally—is as important as knowing the content we teach. Based on the student’s identities, it helps us to teach specific contents from a cultural view. If my environment is around a reservation I will look into teaching specific history from that culture. When we know how the student develops, who they are, and their level the content and standards will fit right into what areas the student needs to work…
The teacher along with the students have to have a respect for one another. To be a great teacher you must show enthusiasm and caring towards what your teaching and your students. A great teacher must be able to create a sense of community in the classroom. I believe that one of the greatest teachers was Anne Sullivan, not only did she have all the quality’s listed above she was able to implement them into whole teaching plans. The first step towards being a great teacher is to have your own personal love for what you’re teaching.…
A commonly asked question is “What is considered an excellent teacher?” My belief is that an excellent teacher is one that makes his or her students feel comfortable, engages them from bell to bell, and supplies them with the appropriate knowledge they need to succeed are the big factors of an excellent teacher. The role of a teacher is to simply provide his or her students with adequate knowledge to relate to life. A teacher should express situations where students will use this knowledge and understand the material that is being…