Tuesday, August 12, 2008

Do I have what it takes?

And the Six Keys to becoming a successful teacher are:
Positive attitude- I think I pretty much always have a positive attitude. Life is what you created, and i wouldn't want to create my life around negativity YUCK! Work and home are two separate things, and when things are not working well with one, don't bring it over to the other side of life. Your students have their own realities to deal with, and a teacher should help to positively form the lives and realities of those students.
flexibility- you learn quickly that it will never be the way you planned it. It doesn't work that way. You just have to work around the problem, or don't let it be a problem at all. A teacher is always adjusting and changing the plan to fit the way that it really happened. I am developing this in the classroom, but in life I think that I do well with that aspect. I think I am ok in this section.
fairness- I have seen more unfairness with teachers in my life. It was usually that high school time, when all of the different culture groups of students had to live together in school five days a week. Don't be harder on the angry goth kid because he gets into more trouble than the basketball player, even though they just acted in the same manner toward the computer club member. I think that I will be a very fair teacher and I hope that I can create an environment where all of the students feel like they are part of my classroom.
consistency- always maintain the same rules and expectation and your students will know what is expected of them.
high expectations- My art teacher had a sign that said, "if you don't accept anything but the best, you very often get it" something like that. It's true.
sense of humor- We'll see.....

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