This document outlines several key qualities of effective teachers, including having a strong personality, passion for teaching and working with children, a good sense of humor, strong values like open-mindedness and fairness, patience when working with students, enthusiasm for their subject, and taking time for self-reflection. It emphasizes that teachers are role models who are judged on both their implicit and explicit demonstration of values in how they educate and motivate students.

1. Qualities of a Teacher
PRINCIPLES OF TEACHING

2. • Personality is the sum of
one’s personal
characteristics.
• Teachers are judged more
strictly than other
professionals.
• “magnetic”

3. Passion
• A compelling force
that emerges from
one’s inborn love for
children.
• They feel they “will
live and die a
teacher”

4. Humor
• Humor stand for
anything funny,
which elicits a
smile, laughter or
amusing reaction.
• Essential quality of
teachers

5. Values and
Attitudes
Teacher are models of
values. Values are
exhibited implicitly
and explicitly.
*Open-mindedness
*Fairness
*Sincerity and honesty
*Professionalism

6. Patience
• Refers to a teacher’s
uncomplaining
nature, self-control
and persistence.
• Calmly endure their
student’s limitations
and difficulties.

7. Enthusiasm
• Synonymous to
eagerness and
excitement.
Enthusiastic teachers
are full of energy
and dynamism.
• Enthusiasm is a gift

8. Reflection:
• Think for a moment about your favorite teacher.
Make a mental list of what made that teacher so
special that even years after leaving elementary,
high school, or college, you can still remember the
teacher’s name.

9. Good
teachers
inpire!