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.