The Teacher With Great Determination

In my personal opinion, I believe that there could be many skills and attributes that could be redeemed necessary in order for a person to be considered an outstanding teacher. Like for instance an outstanding teacher would be known for portraying diverse qualities like passion, leadership, classroom management and content knowledge. A teacher has many roles throughout the school day, therefore requires various qualities that would redeem them as an outstanding educator. Throughout the school day, outstanding teachers are known for being able to accommodate the academic, social, and emotional needs of all of their students.

A teacher needs to be flexible and adaptable due to schedule changes, adapting lessons, gaining new students, adapting to various behaviors and various academic levels of students. A teacher needs to be assertive when advocating for the needs of their students, themselves and for their peers. To be outstanding you have to have compassion towards your peers, your students and their families. A teacher always need to be prepared for their day including designing lessons, creating materials, writing IEP's, knowing students levels, handling any behavior, that anything can happen and always have extra work. A teacher should be able to Multitask, you have to wear lots of hats in this field such as a mother figure, nurse, friend, disciplinarian, enemy,

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

I believe in order to be considered an outstanding teacher, you need to have diverse set of skills and abilities. An outstanding teacher needs to have many different qualities, because a teacher not only teaches, but serves as a role-model, mentor, and supporter. Teachers instill the love of learning in their students. Teachers need to be enthusiastic, patient, understanding, and organized. An outstanding teacher also needs to be able to work well with other, such as co-workers and administrators. Outstanding teachers need to be able to self-reflect in order to continue developing. They need to consistently develop new teaching strategies and techniques. They need to keep students engaged and enthusiastic about the subject they are teaching.

These combined factors greatly undermine the social, economic, and political potential of minorities in America. I am developing myself professionally and through academic studies to develop comprehensive plans addressing school improvements, enforcing civil rights, and equitable access to resources and higher education for all people. Through HGSE I will expand my network of professionals that understand the achievement gaps and collaborate to not only ask the daring questions but be agents of change. I plan to become a leader whose future work is never displaced from the community I serve. After graduation my true desire lies to straddle both the hands-on forefront of the classroom and the transformative policy and administrative lens. My ideal position enables me to only to hear the voices and see the needs of the community I impact but also take the theories into practice to ensure that all students are prepared for a 21st century global society. Though my role is multifaceted; from a role model, artist, and educator, being a leader that demonstrates a commitment to equity and excellence comes

Teachers are humans like the rest of us, and can be lazy. They can’t always be blamed for having an “off day” as we all have them, but sometimes teachers take advantage of the fact that it’s tougher to get fired as a teacher than a lot of other jobs. When a teacher has been there for a long time, it can be a very difficult task to get them fired if they’re taking advantage of their tenure. A new teacher almost always starts out great, happy, and very excited to teach their class. An issue is, over time teachers can become lazy, as can people with other jobs. The issue with a lazy teacher, though, is that the student’s future is in the hands of the teacher. When teachers are lazy, sometimes they’ll give out what is called “busy work,” used to waste time, and give them something to do while the teacher sits and does what they want. There are two ways this is a huge issue: first, this doesn’t help students at all, meaning that the time they spent doing it helps get them nowhere, and is completely pointless. Second, students can carelessly complete the work, and take advantage of the teacher not caring.

All of the teachers I observed had many different ways to manage their classroom. Many of their ways were similar, but there were some differences too. I noticed that the female teachers used songs to get the children from one activity to another while the male teacher went right into the next lesson. All of the teachers welcomed their students as they came into the classroom. Mrs. Pollard sang the hello song to them and Mrs. Kraus did as well. After they welcomed the children, all of the teachers had their students go directly to their carpet spots. Mr. Leonhardt had three different seating types for the students, which I thought was different yet effective. There were team spots, dance lines and free seating. When the students were

As a graduate, I will work to project an embodiment of hope and success in as far as education benefits are concerned. I will model the importance and possibility of accessing graduate studies to young learners, family, and friends who might not have yet had an opportunity to have a firsthand experience. Finally, I will work to help relieve issues facing poor performing children of Brownsville. The project will be done with the aim of providing insightful feedback and recommendations to the relevant agencies to work towards the realization of more university access opportunities for people in such

Lara Papadimitriou Lessons from the classroom Introduction This essay discusses my personal understanding of what it means to a good teacher, placing emphasis on the importance of a warm and open attitude with mutual respect between student and teacher. Secondly I acknowledge my strengths so far as a teacher such as creating a good rapport with the class, and areas in which I aim to improve such as lesson planning and time management.

Through out my education, I have encountered many good teachers, but very few outstanding educators. Of course an outstanding educator must be organized, engaging, and educated, but these qualities are common in good teachers. Outstanding educators have certain qualities that are unique to them.

Success belongs to those who do not merely dream of their future, but strive to create reality from their aspiration. We live in one of the most affluent nations on earth today because of the ambition of those who came before us. The freedom we enjoy has been bought by the blood, sweat, and tears of our ancestors. In turn we must reveal our gratitude by giving our own talents to continue building stability and strength in our country. Although we have an abundance of wealth much remains to be done by us. Billy Graham once said, "Each of us has received two hands, one for receiving, one for giving." We have received the privilege of a high school education and now we must decide how to use it to benefit our nation. We are the future and each of us has the potential to make a difference. If there is even one person willing to attend every school event possible in order to support the students, wouldn't it make a difference? What if this same person committed himself to our school, our education, and our success, wouldn't this make a difference? For over 25 years Mrs. Ceedergreen has been such a person who has dedicated herself to making a

An outstanding teacher is the master of content knowledge. Every outstanding teacher has the following qualities in order to success in teaching: professionalism, flexibility, availability, concern, respect and mastery of content knowledge.

There are many attributes that I believe define and comprise the qualities in an outstanding teacher in today’s classrooms. First, outstanding teachers know their students. By knowing each student, a teacher is able to plan and implement instruction in a way that is meaningful to each individual. Outstanding teachers are proactive. Behavior is reduced and instructional time increased through proactive practices such as teaching routines and providing student supports. Outstanding teachers collect and use student data frequently to help meet student needs and increase meaningful instructional time. Supportive communication is another essential skill to be an outstanding teacher. An outstanding teacher effectively collaborates and communicates

Overall this class has made me really stop and think critically about the material we have been learning. Every time I am in this class I am challenging myself to think deeply and thoughtfully about certain scenarios, certain concepts and I am always leaving this class wanting to know more. The part that stands out to me the most was the myth of the hero teacher. I myself wanted to become that “hero” teacher but I never really understood the myth that this holds until this class. A hero teacher is a myth and we abolished this by the class readings both online and from the Ayers text. I have learned how to see students and also on how to create an environment to allow learning to happen at its full extent. I have learned a lot from the William Ayers text and the truth that it holds. I am always highlighting the book with the certain points that stand out the most to me. I am super glad I bought this book so I can highlight it and keep it for whenever I need it!

Choosing a favorite teacher is fairly difficult when one puts into account all the types of teachers they have known, all of them are important. Teachers are the second most important people in our lives, right after our parents. Teachers are persuasive and have the power to build a child up from an immature student to become a responsible adult; or they can completely and utterly crush a students hopes and dreams.