FREE ESSAY ON WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER?

WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE TEACHER?

What is an effective teacher?
An effective teacher is one who runs an effective classroom, and touches the lives of
children. An efficient teacher is one who knows what they are doing and does the right
thing consistently. To be and effective and efficient teacher you must have three very
important characteristics for student success. Positive expectations, extremely good
classroom management skills, and know how to design lessons for student mastery.
Positive expectations are essential to student success. When the teacher has high
expectations, not high standards, the students will perform to your expectations. If you
believe that all students are above average and that they all are capable learners, these
expectations will transmit to the student, and the student will succeed. If these
expectations are apparent toward all students it will benefit both the teacher and the
students.
Good classroom management is important for student success. For this to happen, the
teacher has to be very organized, and consistent in everything. The teacher must maintain
control so that instruction and learning can occur. Much of the control that a teacher
has over a class is effected by what the teacher does on the first day of school. If you
can maintain control during the first week, that is an accurate indicator for how well
the students will do for the rest of the year.
Designing lessons for student mastery is also very important for student success. To
teach for mastery, an effective teacher must do two things, know how to design lessons in
which the student can learn, and know how to evaluate the learning to see if the student
has mastered the concept.
You can learn to be an effective teacher by learning from your mistakes as well as from
your mentors and fellow teachers. Every one of us is both a student and a teacher. We are
at our best when we teach ourselves what we need to learn.