How to be an Effective Teacher

This is an article written by a really effective teacher ,

I started my career with the best of intentions. At the beginning, the instructional coordinator spoke to me the whole first week. I had no curriculum guide and no clear understanding of what exactly I should do. I was a little bit lost in a strange environment filled with new faces and unfamiliar procedures. In such a situation, my team leader suggested I follow the book and use the resources materials that came with it. She was ‘old school’, and that’s the way they had always taught. She was giving me her best advice.

Thanks goodness I did not take it. I was filled with the blind enthusiasm of a new teacher, and I set to work to create challenging, interesting projects and lessons for my students. I started to remember the ELT practical courses and tried to make into practice the advice given to us. Then, I suggested my colleagues to hold a meeting to set a yearly planning related to the syllabus. And, whenever I encountered a problem I remembered one of the teaching quotes I read when having independent Net research. It says, “Teachers are expected to reach unattainable goals with inadequate tools. The miracle is that at times, they accomplish this impossible task.”

That first year was a real challenge for me, especially with classroom management. By the end of the first term, I was tired of yelling everyday, writing parental appearance notices, and requesting suspensions. Some of my students looked down at me for I was a new and young teacher. When reading books like “Cooperative Discipline” by Linda Albert and remembering how to tackle discipline problems in ELT practical courses, I managed to get discipline in my classes. I was not only successful, but I also gained confidence in myself as a problem solver. My second term was far from being perfect, but it was better, and each year has been better yet.

Since then, I have always identified weak areas in my teaching as well as areas of interest, and I have educated myself in those areas through professional practices, publications, the Internet and discussions with colleagues.

I have learned in my teaching career that developing teaching characteristics is a long and painful process that goes through successes and failures. “Failures,” says Thomas Green, “are just opportunities to learn.”

As I think about my first year, I see that I had a lot of heart but little understanding of how to be a teacher. But now, after so many years of teaching, I believe that no other person on earth deserves gratitude and acknowledgement than a good teacher.

Do you know this teacher?? He is each and everyone of you
just look into your heart