Good Teachers In America

Reading chapter six of America’s Teachers: An Introduction to Education (Newman, 2006) reminded me of the Barenaked Ladies song It’s All Been Done (Page, 1998). As I read the conflicting sides of each argument regarding education as far back of the Civil War, I kept thinking how none of this sounded new. It’s all been done before, and we are still debating many of the same issues. Newman (2006) put it another way, “Despite promoters’ claims to the contrary, few educational wheels are brand new. Most have been reinvented. Sold to the public as innovations, they are more like retreaded and recycled tires” (p.180). The purpose of education, the way in which education is managed by state and federal governments, and whom we educate (and how) will always be, in my opinion, a hot debate.

There are many characteristics that are necessary for teachers to have. First, it’s important for teachers to be vastly knowledgeable about their subject matter. Teachers need to be enthusiastic about whatever they are teaching, especially if they want to sustain students' interest. If the teacher isn't interested in the subject, why should the students? Educators should always be willing to learn all they can about the content in which they are teaching—making the content as relevant or interesting as possible. Another characteristic that is vital in a teacher is having respect for students. Showing respect towards students means valuing each student’s ideas and opinions. It also means exemplifying respect for

While there are many ways to be an outstanding teacher, every high-quality teacher should, in my opinion, have these skills and dispositions:

A teacher should be committed to the school for which she is employed. She should give an honest day’s work for an honest day’s pay. She should show professionalism at all times. She should be respectful to her peers and always subject to authority. She should report for duty on time.

Did you know that only one of a thousand teachers is fired for performance-related reasons? Teachers with bad performance are not being fired in America, which is caused the fact that teachers are backed up by tenure, but it can be fixed through changing the criteria a teacher should be fired on. Today, I will go over in detail what the problem, causes, and solution is to the issue of having bad teachers keep their job in America. So, first and foremost, I will discuss the problem about bad teachers not being fired.

In today’s society it is nearly impossible to survive without an education. It is important that we have the right kind of teachers to accomplish certain goals. A good teacher is one who listens to their students and tries to answer any questions they might have about anything. I think that a good teacher should also be able to listen to others opinions and not argue with them but try to understand their point of view on the subject.

During my adolescences I encountered a selected few of good teachers and many bad ones. The bad ones that I have encounter were those that had one student(me) missing the lesson in order to always help a foreign student that did not speak English and needed help to understand what was going on. I only agreed to help because I was a talkative child and it was an excuse to make a new friend and talk during class. In my years of

In this first unit of The First Days of School, Harry Wong presents three characteristics of an effective teacher. The three characteristics are: has good classroom management skills, teaches for mastery, and has positive expectations for student success.

Hello Professor Ram. I do agree with the nine characteristics. Especially the characteristic of creating an environment of mutual respect. No matter the age of the student, they know if the teacher respects them or not. If a teacher does not respect the students as individuals and respect their thoughts, opinions, and beliefs, the student will in turn not respect the teacher. As a result there will be little to no learning occurring in this teacher's class. The other characteristic that is important to me is about maintaining professionalism at all times. Teachers are examples to their students and should show they like and care about the job they do. If teachers want their students to put in the time and effort on their studies and assignments, they too should put in the time and effort to be prepared to teach the lessons.

When going through any type of schooling everyone will experience what they will define as a “good” and a “bad” teacher. Though the definitions vary from person to person the guidelines on each seem to stay pretty consistent. It is seen throughout daily life that teachers that are experienced in real life are vastly different from what people see in all forms of media. In these medias teachers can be glamorized into something that is unachievable. Even if teachers cannot measure up to this perfect image of what society sees, there is a certain amount of effort that they can put in to be seen as a “good” teacher by their students. Personally I have had many different experiences with teachers from very good to very bad. Though this concept of “good” and “bad” has changed between public schools, community college, and University.

The most important one is establishing successful classroom management, the first day of classes it is important for the teacher to make rules that he or she will enforce and let the students know that they will be responsible for there actions. One is being organized, this is an important aspect because if a teacher is well organized then they have more time to help the students and pay attention to there needs. The last thing that Glenn said that is important is show a good attitude, if a teacher is in a bad mood the student will feel intimidated and afraid to approach there professor with a question. A student will feel better about confronting teacher in a good mood with a concern they might have. Many other traits that he listed are very important when looking for new teachers. (Glenn, 2001)

In my opinion, a good teacher should be one who puts her heart into teaching. This is because only by doing so will the students feel their passion and hard work. When a teacher strives hard for the students, students will put in their effort as well. If a teacher dislikes her job, goes to classes in a bad mood, her teaching would also be affected and students would not be able to enjoy lessons as well.

Teaching is a difficult occupation. Teachers play an important part in training children, teenagers… So, a good teacher must have some special qualities. They are: knowledge, creation, confidence, empathy, sense of humor and passion.

There are many traits teachers possess that make them wonderful educators. However, after working as a teacher in a daycare, I believe there are some qualities that outweigh others. I believe the perfect teacher must be smart. They must be patient. They must be kind and open to other ideas. There is no one size fits all for teachers, but these characteristics make up the perfect teacher in my opinion.

Over my many years of school I’ve had a lot of teachers. Many of them I really liked while others, I just didn’t like as much. Having a good teacher can make you excited about learning the subject and actually teach you. While a bad teacher will just waste your time and crush your dreams. Though I can gladly say that I haven’t had any teachers that were “that” bad. I’ll just tell you about the great teachers that I’ve had the luxury to be taught by.