My Journey As A Teacher Journey

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

A good teacher can teach well, but a great teacher sees his student’s success as his own. A great teacher does not mean he can teach many subjects, it means he cares about his students and wants them to succeed in life. In my opinion, a great teacher should be unprejudiced, dedicated and proficient.

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

Being a teacher doesn’t mean you have to be boring and uneventful. Being a good teacher shows that you know what your students like and make them want to learn. Being like Ms.Murrow would give your students a horrible year. Being Mr.White makes your students look forward to learning. Be a teacher that gets students to look forward to learning,

Through out this course we have discussed a variety of topics ranging from child development to creating an effective lesson plan for students. But what does this mean for us as educators? In my field experience I had the pleasure of working with numerous effective educators. As I contemplated what I was observing, one question kept coming to mind. What makes a good teacher? After a lot of thought I have compiled a list of things I saw implemented, that I believe help make an effective educator. Though this list is by no means all encompassing, I believe they are the beginnings of an arsenal of tools and techniques needed to become a truly effective educator.

There are several important qualities that any outstanding educator or teacher should have. Any educator in any situation should gain the respect of the students by first giving their students respect. It is an endless cycle and it would make life easy. The teacher should also have a great rapporter with the students. It lets them know that the teachers does care about them and that is invaluable, children do pick on emotions very quickly.

What makes a teacher outstanding goes far beyond their content area knowledge. They will wear many hats throughout the academic year, acting not only as a teacher, but also a mentor, cheerleader, and coach. An outstanding teacher is approachable and tolerant, they are their not only to teach, but to build valuable relationships with the students, parents, and the community. Additionally, they are life-long learners who instill the love for learning into their students while continuing to grow themselves. A superior teacher will continue to grow learning not only from peers but their students as well. While every student may not love Shakespeare, an outstanding teacher will ensure students make text-to-self connections needed to keep them engaged.

What makes a good teacher? While many people may have certain credentials and can make list out of these. The teacher must have a strong connection with his students, energetic enthusiastic, the list can go on. Hal Urban has done this by writing the book, The Classroom: 20 things Good Teachers Do. As future educators it is important for us to reflect, and remember our roots of where we came from and the different techniques both positive and negative that our teachers used in the classroom. Not only does this help us grow as educators, but it helps us learn the importance of the kind of environment we want to create in the classroom.

It is easy to determine where you are and also consider where you want to be but looking back to where you were, is often the most interesting aspect of the journey. I am currently teaching special education at Central DeWitt High School. Along with teaching, I am also a coach and have taken on a leadership role within the Teacher Leadership Grant. Through the leadership opportunities and the skills that I have learned through the St. Ambrose Masters of Educational Administration program, I would like to become an instructional leader and motivator on a larger scale.

A passion for teaching and a love of kids are essential attributes for being a great teacher. Outstanding teachers have an engaging teaching style and a passion for the subject matter. Children deserve to have a teacher who genuinely enjoys the time spent in the classroom and strives to inspire them in their formative years. Great teachers are positive role models who build trusting relationships with their students and can instill an interest in learning, self-improvement and intellectual development. A good work ethic and a desire to strive for excellence is critical to be successful.

Life is about choices. Some we Regret, some we're proud of. Some will haunt us forever. The message: we are what we chose to be. Graham Brown. My journey into the program is very interesting and also, fun. In the past I was in the call to adventure and meeting the mentor stage of my journey, in the present moment I am in the approach stage of my journey and moving on to the future, I will probably be in the road back or the resurrection stage of this special journey of mine.

One of the utmost important traits that fabricate up an outstanding teacher would be passion. I believe passion is the mere momentous act of being a great teacher for the reason that it shows one's love for their career. Passion also shows that the person is willing to devote themselves to the students and their learning. Another essential factor of being a magnificent teacher would be having patience, patience plays a vast role in how the teacher will run the classroom and how the class will perceive the teacher. A phenomenal teacher would have keen patience skills and be able to work with certain

Ideally, when I graduate, I would like to enter the credential program at Cal Poly Pomona. As an English Education major, I feel like this is the next logical step for me as I seek to move forward on my path of becoming a teacher. The opportunities that await me in the credential program truly excite me because I have always found my studies of English Education to be very rewarding and purposeful. I have found this to be especially true now because I am currently in the process of conducting observation hours at local high schools in Pomona as part of my English Education curriculum. When I am in the classroom, I immediately feel a sense of joy, purpose, and productivity. Outside of the classroom, I do have experience teaching as a leader for a club on campus; I am a Woman’s Bible Study Leader for Cal Poly Cru and I have found this experience of teaching college students to be the most exciting, challenging, and rewarding experience I have ever had the pleasure of being a part of. It can become overwhelming as doubts and deadlines tend to sneak in on me from time to time, but I know that being a teacher is worth every ounce of pressure because of the positive impact that a teacher has the ability to make on a student. There is an incredible statistic that states that “On average a teacher affects 3,000 children over the course of their career” (Bickley). This opportunity stirs my heart like nothing else because when I was in high school, I had an incredible teacher named

become successful. A good teacher plans with intention with all these things in mind to communicate the content of lesson to the psyche of the learner. A good educator is transforms themselves and those they serve to reach their loftiest goals.

Another point that makes a good teacher would be his/her patience. Teachers should not get upset or even worse, give up on the students who are not so strong in their studies. Instead, they should have the patience to slowly coach them, give them extra lessons, and find different ways to encourage them. Let them know that the teacher