What makes a good teacher?

Cre’Shawn Owens

There are many teachers that are wonderful, although there are certain characteristics that will lead to be a good teacher, but not the perfect teacher. The first quality is to be open-minded. This is important because, being a teacher you should be willing to consider new ideas from other teachers throughout the school or on the other hand maybe even the students. Likewise, you should be able listen and understand how the student is feeling and what their thoughts are about the discussion you are teaching but, also it is important for students to listen and understand the full effect of the what the teacher is trying to get across to the student. In addition to these characteristics, teachers should have high expectations for their students, not only in the classroom, but outside the classroom also. This is most definitely important because, you as a teacher should have faith and belief in each student. You should believe that students are capable of being successful. Indeed teachers should be Intelligent. When teachers have this characteristic they will able to be creative with the way they teach their students. They would also have the knowledge to teach someone else in a different way. The last characteristic is more important than the others; this is one is called dedication. If you’re not dedicated to teaching, you won’t be dedicated to teaching others and you would more nonchalant about things. If you’re not dedicated to teaching then you should probably not be a teacher. When you’re a dedicated teacher you will look passed the amount of money you make or how long you have to grade papers. But, you will dedicate to teach wonderful students and get them to have a brighter future. Now that you know the characteristics you should have as a teacher, do you have what it takes to be the best teacher?