You can find or develop your own framework for effective teaching, once you acquire basic soft skills which are mapped with evolution of modern teachings. Let’s go further and explore, what skills can make you a more progressive teacher in a classroom.

1. Soft Skills:
Foundation to
be Modern
Teacher

2. Science that deals with practice of teaching
“Pedagogy” exists from ages. It relates you to the
fact, you as a teacher must acquire new soft skills
because progress is impossible without change.

3. Teaching methods are changing with evolution of
society, it is more oriented towards psychology of
students along with use of technology. It is said
“Influence of a good teacher can never be erased”.

4. Group Dynamics: You must be good in group
dynamics. It can be defined as change of behaviour
through interactions in a group. Any classroom
involves many group activities to complete a project,
in playground or in laboratories. When you have
good knowledge of group dynamics, you would be
able to

5.  Guide your students how to adjust easily in their
groups.
 Promotes healthy interactions and avoid negative
attitudes.
 Deal efficiently with different social groups.
 Remove stress and conflicts in groups.

6. Body Language: Your body language while
teaching has lot of significance. It is a nonverbal
mode of communication. Studies say that nonverbal
communication holds 93 percent of importance and
verbal communication holds seven percent
communication. You should master the principles
and methods of correct body language as student
often intimate words and action, subconsciously.

7.  Eye Contact.
 Voice Modulation.
 Positive Body language like smiling and nodding.
 Confident body posture

8. Interpersonal skills: You must have good hands
on your interpersonal skills. It includes both verbal
and nonverbal form of communication. Even if you
have good experience and knowledge over your
subject , you interpersonal skills is one of the key
which contributes a lot in your progress and success.

9.  Ability to make concept clearer.
 Listening with patience is very important.
 Communicate message correctly.
 Talking with staff and parents.
 Acknowledge and accept that all students are
different.
 Helps to make class lively and positive.

10. Negotiation Skills: You must be good in having
negotiation skills in classroom. Negotiation skill is
required more because the idea „teacher is always
right „is changed now. Both students and parents
may require strong and logical explanations to
convey information, in launching process and
procedures. You can adopt your own style and
experiential knowledge in putting effective
negotiations.

11.  Share positive and constructive feedback with
students.
 Make students feel that they are progressing.
 Listen empathetically and can give personal
feedback to students.
 Use constructive language like „I understand your
issue‟.

12. Time Management: You should have excellent
time management skills as you need to balance long
term goals of your classroom. You are required to
manage loads of paperwork with every assignment
and have to manage every educational need.
Effective time management is that how ready are
you with your study material even on the day of your
sick leave.

13. Your classroom must not be affected in time of nay
crisis, and this is what makes you a step ahead in
your teaching career. It helps you to do more things
in less time and take out time for fun activities more
effectively.

14.  Avoid procrastination.
 Plan homework strategically.
 Be ready in case of crisis.
 Schedule priorities very effectively.

15. Presentation Skills: Your presentation skills depend
on rate of understanding your message by your
audience. Imagine how you would get good results
in your class, if you cannot convey your content and
style to fit in with your students.

16. Your presentation skills also involve your verbal and
nonverbal skills. In your timelines you should be able
to present your study material with optimal pace
that gives time to your students to listen, to take
notes and then ask questions.

17.  Use visual aids effectively.
 Avoid reading your notes on your slides.
 Take care of your time lines.
 Make the content or a complex topic into the
simplest form.
 Prepare before your teachings and presentation.

18. Effective Action Plans: You must be able to
teach skill of achievement to your students. You can
observe that how your students are motivated
towards your goal or are they really interested in
setting any goals for them. There is a quote “If you
don‟t know where are you are going, you will end
someplace else”.

19. Help them to develop SMART goals:
S = Specific
M = Measurable
A = Attainable
R = Relevant, Rigorous, Realistic, and Results Focused
T = Timely and Trackable

20.  Help students to reach their goals, one goal at
a time.
 Discuss with students which is focused on the
journey.
 Can choose a theme to focus example, sports
and social relationship.
 Help them to choose realistic goals.

21. Student motivation: You must know more than
100 ways to motivate your students to avoid your
challenges. If few ideas do not work you must be
ready with another way. You should know how to
create situations in your classroom where mistakes
and wrong turns takes shape of innovation and
discovery in your student‟s life.

22.  Promotes a mind set focused on growth.
 Design assessments.
 Use feedback as a tool to motivate your students.
 Promotes sense of belongingness and trust.
 Research new information on the subject.

23. Technology: You must have good hands on
technology to enhance your teaching experiences in
your classroom. You are not required to learn each
and every new technology because then you may
get puzzle in the riddle of technological maze.

24. Choose list software and take a mastery over it,
which is helpful in real sense instead just adding some
software names in your bio data.

25.  Check latest mobile application to enhance
teaching.
 Learn technical skills by watching videos.
 Join technical forums online and get technical
updates.
 Use social media and ask your friends about how
using technology in teaching.

26. Discussion management: You must have good
discussion skills in a classroom to bring the best from a
classroom and from an individual. You can find it one
of the most challenging skill also but most rewarding.

27. When you use it as a primary teaching skill it
stimulates critical thinking and also you motivate
them to think more differently and in depth before
they ask questions. Before getting into the discussion
you must be prepared for all answers and key
concepts. Following points helps you to improve your
discussion management in a classroom.

28.  Understand skill of your students.
 Create an environment of mutual trust with your
students.
 Call students by their name.

29.  You can list rules and expectations of discussion on
the board.
 Communicate importance of discussion.
 Plan and prepare discussion for your classroom.