characteristics of good teacher
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CHARACTERISTICS OF A GOOD TEACHER
BY
JAVED IQBAL TEACHING ASSOCIATE PDC GILGIT FOR
EDIP PROJECT GORIKOTE CLUSTER
Road Map
Objective
Characteristics of Good Teacher
Professional
Competent
Flexibility
Psychologist
Optimist
Creative
Cont.…
Admits Mistakes
Role Model
Manager
Clear your Voice
Reach the Agreement
Some Tips for Smile
Clear Your Mind
Objectives
By the end of this session C.Ps would be able to
Discuss and share the characteristic of good
teacher
Link these characteristic with their own life
Make these characteristic part of their own
teaching.
Professional
“Teachers are born, not made.”
It is important to know which approach to teaching works
best for you and for your class. Ask yourself the right questions.
able to take account of what learners already know and can
do
able to build on their learners’ interests
able to assess the learners’ understandings, stage and needs
able to use appropriate resources to stimulate interest and
facilitate learning
Competent
Competent teachers never think that they know each and
every thing of their subject and there is no need of them to be
prepared before teaching the class.
knowledgeable in their subject area(s)
well prepared to meet learners needs
Consult various references to teach his subject
Help and mentoring other teacher in his area
Flexibility
This is the sixth characteristic linked by study participants to
successful teaching. Indeed, any job in early childhood
education demands that you be able to deal well with change
and unexpected turns.
Flexibility in:
behaviors
teaching Methodologies
outfits and outlook
knowledge and practices
Psychologist
Teacher should treat the students according their
mental role employing his psychological role.
Anticipate students’ academic performance
Know the psychology of students
Parents
Context
Head teacher and other teachers
Teach according the level of students
Solve some psychological problems
Optimist
A pessimist sees the difficulty in every opportunity; an
optimist sees the opportunity in every difficulty.” Winston S.
Churchill
We ought to enjoy, not complain about, the challenges
students give us.
Good teachers try not to be cynical or negative about their
students or else cast themselves as victims. We need
challenges and there is none if all we have are smart, self-
motivated, hard-working, wide-awake students; these don’t
really need to be taught.
Creative
Creative - Effective teachers are very resourceful
and inventive in how they teach their classes.
Creativity in
dealing students and parents
Developing low cost and no cost materials
Classroom setting
Teaching strategies
Solving problems
Admit Mistakes
Admits Mistakes – Effective teachers are quick to apologize to
students when an error was made.
Admit his own mistakes
Don’t repeat mistakes again and again
Let the students to admit their own mistakes and let them to rectifyExample (1): When a student is mistakenly accused, the teacher is willing to apologize to the
student.
Example (2): The teacher is willing to make adjustments when students inform the teacher that there was material on the test they were not told to study or when errors are made in grading.
Example (3): The teacher is willing to give students an opportunity to redo a project if she did not explain an important step in the assignment.
Role Model
A role model is a person who inspires and encourages us
to strive for greatness, live to our fullest potential and see
the best in ourselves.
Role models teacher committed to actions rather than
saying
Role model for students and other teachers in
Performance,
Character
Behavior
Manager
Saying
Good teacher manages,
Time
Resource
Curricular and co curricular activities
Academic activities
School administration effectively
Be Careful about your VOICE
Vocabulary
Order of words
Intonation
Cut out the unwanted
Empower
REACH the Agreement
Reinforce
Encourage
Acknowledge
Clarify
Highlight
Some Tips Smile
Smile
Mention name
Interest
Listening
Empathy
Clear Your Mind
Conversion
Language selection
Expression of methodology
Attention drawing
Reason for communication
Food for Thought
“If students like you, they will do anything foryou. If they do not like you, they will do
anything to you.”
Marilyn Taylor Memphis City School teacher.
References
Twelve Characteristics Laura J. Colker of Effective Early Childhood Teachers
Twelve Characteristics of an Effective Teacher
Dr.. Robert J. walker 2010 A Longitudinal, Qualitative, Quasi-Research Study
of In-service and Pre-service Teachers’ Opinions
Beidler, PG 1997 ‘What makes a good teacher?’ in JK Roth (ed.) Inspiring
Teaching, Anker,
Bolton MA, pp. 2-12.
Bernadine Jacinto. 2007-49001. Educ190.
Sonya Antropova group 752