Role of a Teacher

Depending on the organisation, your role, responsilbities and boundaries as a teacher will depend on five areas of the teaching/learning cycle.

As a Training Consultant (TC) and teacher my main role and responsibilities are to educate and deliver effective training and impart my skills and knowledge in my specialist area which is Childcare. This is needed to support the learner either directly or indirectly and to maintain an inclusive, fair/just and motivating learning environment. I understand that as a teacher I am primarily responsible for the health and safety also the moral and physical welfare of my students/learners. I am also responsible for teaching students with Special Educational Needs. I provide Training to Learners within their workplace which can be either in a nursery, a school, Residential Care

A driving objective for a teacher is to affect students to advance their expertise in education by finding them the correct course. The teacher should promote positive motivation and inspiration by adhering to legislation and codes of practice which will increase every student’s focus in developing and bridging gaps to display eagerness towards a healthy broad mindset, creative thinking and brighter approach. A mentor should coordinate assessments which will reinforce the ability to perceive individuals’ abilities and knowledge progressions and moreover support them further to boost their learning capacity to acquire a well-established national standards skill set.

As in every profession, roles, responsibilities and boundaries are set in order to define the line indicating the acceptable limits.

I think here in the United States the roles of teachers and students have not changed much over the years. Teachers lead the class and keep order and students are there to learn and grow. What’s different is the perception of how this is done. Technology is drastically changing how teachers teach and students learn.

The future of the world is in the hands of the children. Whether the future be a positive or negative one depends on the children and the education they receive. The education of a child is so valuable that one needs to consider the importance of the child's education. Also, one needs to consider how to go about nurturing those bright minds so one day they can become independent individuals. As Educators, one needs to be aware of the short-term effects as well as the long-term effects in which education may play on the child's views of the world.

The daybook clearly outlines the expectations, duties and roles of a teacher. I wrote the daybook with the background knowledge of the students and their different abilities within the classroom setting.

I believe education is one of the most important tools a person can have in life. Every child deserves to receive the best education possible.  It has always been my passion to help each child discover their individual God given gifts and talents and to reach their full potential.

Q.3: speak about the roles adopted by the teacher in classrooms. What other roles does the teacher play in the community?

A middle school teacher is a teacher who gets the students transitioned from the elementary classes they might be used to to their difficult classes in high school. Some middle school teachers also teach two major subjects instead of one like high school teachers or four like elementary school teachers. Teachers have many duties that they have to accomplish in the classroom. They have to prepare students for state required tests, evaluate students behaviors and learning abilities, lunch or detention duty, and individually work with students. Teachers also have duties they have to do after school such as creating lessons to teach the class, communicating with parents, and grade projects and tests (“Middle School Teachers”). Teachers also have some skills that are required to have. Teachers have to be good with public speaking and being strict and somewhat controlling but nice at the same time. They also have to like the subject they teach so they can show their students that it can be fun to learn (“Secondary School Teacher” 490). Teachers have to understand that students will have bad days so they need to be patient and understanding (“Middle School Teacher”).

“To stimulate life, – leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, - herein lies the first task of the educator. In such a delicate task, a great art must suggest the moment, and limit the intervention in order that we shall arouse no perturbation, cause no deviation, but rather that we shall help the soul which is coming into the fullness of life, and which shall live from its own forces. This art must accompany the scientific method.”

A teacher is charged with the responsibility of imparting knowledge and skills that allow for continued ability of students to impact positively in the world. In the history, CTE teachers bore the responsibility of teaching and preparing students to meet the demands of the labor market (Wang, 2011). My teaching philosophy is aimed at improving teaching and learning methods to allow for acquiring of skills that will give the students a competitive edge in the labor market and ensure job sustainability. My philosophy is in accordance with the concepts defined in the historical context of CTE teachers. Currently, preparing the students to meet the demands of the workforce is no longer sufficient (IWNC, 2012). This is because of the constantly changing labor market and work demands. The CTE program was initiated in the 20th century and since then, ad advancing science and technology has led to the evolution of business education.

“One of the most damaging myths prevailing in American education is the notion that good teachers are born and not made” (Darling-Hammond, 2012, p. ix). This seems to imply that teaching teachers is simply an identification process. Unfortunately, the identification of what makes an effective teacher is challenging (Cantrell & Kane, 2013), the process of becoming a teacher is consistently reported as a difficult and strenuous process (Akkerman & Meijer, 2011; Beijaard, Meijer, & Verloop, 2004), and identification of how best to train new teachers is unclear (Shuls & Ritter, 2013). These qualities of teacher education are unsettling in light of the international call to deliver relevant and high-quality teacher education

From the time we start going to school, till the time we graduate we learn. We not only learn how to successfully finish the task given to us but we also learn how to be successful in life and how to overcome any obstacle that can possibly come in our way and stop us from achieving our goals. Everyone has their own desires that they want to fulfill but for some reasons they are held back and you can’t do anything about it even when you work so hard for it. Looking at the economy these days, there is no assurance that your job will be safe. For obstacles like these there are organizations like union, which protects the labors rights and their interests.

A bud can not bloom into a nourished flower without the proper patience and care. It must receive water and obtain direct sunlight in order to flourish. Similarly, a school must utilize patience and care to properly aid students to develop into nourished flowers. One of the ways a school nourishes their flowers is having expectations for students, as too much lee-way could lead to chaos. In addition to patience, care, and expectations, the mechanism in which teachers teach makes an impeccable difference in the classroom. Teachers have a choice of how to teach their students in order to have the material absorbed into their brains like a sponge. A teacher’s job has many complications due to the fact that every student has their strengths and weaknesses. Exploiting those weaknesses and relishing in those strengths should remain how a classroom works. To build a superior school, almost every student must feel as if they are learning something new each and every day. Project-based learning has the potential to take a student’s strengths and weaknesses and put them to good use. To build a greater school, the incorporation of project-based learning proves to have many assets due to the benefits that influence students inside and outside of school.