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five
Signs
you are a
GREAT
TEACHER
volume one
JERC
I would like to begin with a statement made by
Abdull Kalam, which says; teaching is a very noble
profession that shapes the character, caliber, and
future of an individual. As for me, being a teacher
comes with the highest level of self-actualization
possible regardless of the financial benefits the
economy can afford. Every teacher in their own
way are contributing to the development of
future leaders no matter what level of skills they
have. However, there are some of us who are
doing better than others and achieving so many
extraordinary things in the profession. This article
is dedicated to all the great teachers in the world
and to those who are bent on becoming better
eternally. Thumbs up teachers. Here are five clues
to knowing a great teacher, from my opinion.
Jones Oluwatosin
Sarcasm
Great teachers are usually fantastic presenters with a
good sense of humour. Their comedic abilities help them
to create relatable and funny examples or application of
theories that give students a clearer view of the topic and
helps them to retain the information learnt for a long
time. Sarcasm also assists teachers to keep the lesson
lively and reduce students’ boredom, especially when the
lesson is long, purely theoretical and involving
mathematics. So if you can make your students smile at
intervals, or even laugh while providing instances to
emphasize an opinion or relate an idea to real life without
digressing unnecessarily or continually, then you are a
super great teacher. Please ensure you keep the light
jokes at efficiency level so that your students don’t take
you for a clown and lose the goal of the lesson.
Guilt
Do you feel responsible for your students’ performance,
especially when they perform below expectations? Do you
feel there is something you did not do right that made
your student do badly? Do you feel sad that you could not
provide adequate support for your students? Do you keep
feeling guilty of not doing enough even if you had done
your best for your students? If true, then you are a great
teacher and I believe you are probably the greatest.
Whether we as teachers accept it or not, we share in our
students’ success and their failures as well. Moreover, we
should be used to the school management and parents
accusing us of inefficiencies whenever there is a downturn
in students’ performance. I guess we as teachers should
avoid shifting the blame completely to other factors by
sharing in the consequence and allowing the guilt to
improve us while we are aiming towards improving our
students.
Messy Table
This notion might not be applicable to everyone
considering that we all have different personalities and
capabilities. However, the focus is to link a messy table to
large volume of responsibilities within the school
environment. That is, a great teacher would always have
so much work to do regardless of the lot he or she has
accomplished. Due to the teacher’s reputation for hard
work and good delivery, there is a very high chance that
additional tasks would be assigned to him/her more
often. Such teacher would be involved in a lot of
multitasking to complete short and long-term tasks,
which are majorly self-generated or assigned by the
school management. So if you have a messy table (books
everywhere majorly) then I feel you might be a great
teacher. The messier the table, the greater the workload
(based on supposition) but please do find time to sort out
the mess before you lose your mind to endless work and
to set good example for your students.
Politeness
David Stewart, a special needs teacher from Australia said
that teachers should always treat their students with
respect at all times. They should always be polite and
should never be rude or unpleasant. But a teacher should
never try and be a student's friend. They shouldn't crave
their student's friendship. They're not employed to
befriend, they're employed to teach. Ralph Surman also
said teachers should not "over-exaggerate" politeness in
addressing pupils to try to improve their behaviour. He
wants a return to the days when the teacher's greeting of
"good morning, class" is greeted by a chorus of "good
morning, sir" or "miss". Well, if you are having or showing
behaviour that is respectful and considerate of other
people, especially your students, then you are a great
teacher by all standards. Keep it up please but avoid trying
to be overly friendly with students.
Ideas Sharing
The teaching world is not for conservative or stagnant
teachers who have learnt a particular approach or
technique but unwillingly to unlearn in order to update
their skills. Therefore the teaching world is for teachers
who keep learning and experimenting new ideas,
techniques and pushing the boundaries of possibilities a
bit further regularly. Well, I believe a good teacher
acquires knowledge continually for personal
development but a great teacher shares his or her
innovations, ideas, experiences and methods with other
teachers with joy and without restraints. Howard Aiken
said “Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your
ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down
people’s throats.” Great teachers do not keep ideas and
knowledge to themselves, they always find ways to pass
them to their colleagues, school authority and also their
students.
Do you have a question or observation or
suggestion to contribute to this article?
Please write to me anytime via mail
jercinfodesk@gmail.com

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Jerc article signs 4

  • 1. Special July Edition five Signs you are a GREAT TEACHER volume one JERC
  • 2. I would like to begin with a statement made by Abdull Kalam, which says; teaching is a very noble profession that shapes the character, caliber, and future of an individual. As for me, being a teacher comes with the highest level of self-actualization possible regardless of the financial benefits the economy can afford. Every teacher in their own way are contributing to the development of future leaders no matter what level of skills they have. However, there are some of us who are doing better than others and achieving so many extraordinary things in the profession. This article is dedicated to all the great teachers in the world and to those who are bent on becoming better eternally. Thumbs up teachers. Here are five clues to knowing a great teacher, from my opinion. Jones Oluwatosin
  • 3. Sarcasm Great teachers are usually fantastic presenters with a good sense of humour. Their comedic abilities help them to create relatable and funny examples or application of theories that give students a clearer view of the topic and helps them to retain the information learnt for a long time. Sarcasm also assists teachers to keep the lesson lively and reduce students’ boredom, especially when the lesson is long, purely theoretical and involving mathematics. So if you can make your students smile at intervals, or even laugh while providing instances to emphasize an opinion or relate an idea to real life without digressing unnecessarily or continually, then you are a super great teacher. Please ensure you keep the light jokes at efficiency level so that your students don’t take you for a clown and lose the goal of the lesson.
  • 4. Guilt Do you feel responsible for your students’ performance, especially when they perform below expectations? Do you feel there is something you did not do right that made your student do badly? Do you feel sad that you could not provide adequate support for your students? Do you keep feeling guilty of not doing enough even if you had done your best for your students? If true, then you are a great teacher and I believe you are probably the greatest. Whether we as teachers accept it or not, we share in our students’ success and their failures as well. Moreover, we should be used to the school management and parents accusing us of inefficiencies whenever there is a downturn in students’ performance. I guess we as teachers should avoid shifting the blame completely to other factors by sharing in the consequence and allowing the guilt to improve us while we are aiming towards improving our students.
  • 5. Messy Table This notion might not be applicable to everyone considering that we all have different personalities and capabilities. However, the focus is to link a messy table to large volume of responsibilities within the school environment. That is, a great teacher would always have so much work to do regardless of the lot he or she has accomplished. Due to the teacher’s reputation for hard work and good delivery, there is a very high chance that additional tasks would be assigned to him/her more often. Such teacher would be involved in a lot of multitasking to complete short and long-term tasks, which are majorly self-generated or assigned by the school management. So if you have a messy table (books everywhere majorly) then I feel you might be a great teacher. The messier the table, the greater the workload (based on supposition) but please do find time to sort out the mess before you lose your mind to endless work and to set good example for your students.
  • 6. Politeness David Stewart, a special needs teacher from Australia said that teachers should always treat their students with respect at all times. They should always be polite and should never be rude or unpleasant. But a teacher should never try and be a student's friend. They shouldn't crave their student's friendship. They're not employed to befriend, they're employed to teach. Ralph Surman also said teachers should not "over-exaggerate" politeness in addressing pupils to try to improve their behaviour. He wants a return to the days when the teacher's greeting of "good morning, class" is greeted by a chorus of "good morning, sir" or "miss". Well, if you are having or showing behaviour that is respectful and considerate of other people, especially your students, then you are a great teacher by all standards. Keep it up please but avoid trying to be overly friendly with students.
  • 7. Ideas Sharing The teaching world is not for conservative or stagnant teachers who have learnt a particular approach or technique but unwillingly to unlearn in order to update their skills. Therefore the teaching world is for teachers who keep learning and experimenting new ideas, techniques and pushing the boundaries of possibilities a bit further regularly. Well, I believe a good teacher acquires knowledge continually for personal development but a great teacher shares his or her innovations, ideas, experiences and methods with other teachers with joy and without restraints. Howard Aiken said “Don’t worry about people stealing your ideas. If your ideas are any good, you’ll have to ram them down people’s throats.” Great teachers do not keep ideas and knowledge to themselves, they always find ways to pass them to their colleagues, school authority and also their students.
  • 8. Do you have a question or observation or suggestion to contribute to this article? Please write to me anytime via mail jercinfodesk@gmail.com