The document discusses the roles and responsibilities of teachers. It defines a teacher as someone who provides education to students and outlines several key roles including instructional, faculty, and individual roles. The main responsibilities of a teacher are planning instruction, managing the classroom, assessing student performance, developing relationships, and acting as a role model. Effective teachers display characteristics like organization, enthusiasm, and building rapport with students.

1. TEACHER :
ROLE AND
RESPONSIBILITI
ES
FUNCTIONS,
CHARACTERISTI
CS,
COMPETENCIES
AND QUALITIES
MRS. ARIFA T N
FIRST YEAR M.Sc. NURSING,MIMS COLLEGE OF NURSING, PUTHUKODE, MALAPPURAM

2. INTRODUCTION
Teacher
 A teacher is a person who provides education to
pupils (children) and students (adults).
 The role of a teacher is formal and ongoing, carried
out at school or other place of formal education.
 The role of teacher in society is both significant and
valuable
 Students are deeply affected by the teachers , they
will try to follow their teacher.
 An effective teacher understands that teaching
involves performing multiple tasks to ensure that the
school runs smoothly and all students receives quality
education

3. Definitions of teacher
According to Dr. S. Radhakrishnan ‘the
teacher’s place in society is of vital
importance. He acts as the pivot for the
transmission of intellectual traditions and
technical skills from generation to generation
and helps to keep the lamp of civilization
burning’

4. Definitions of teacher
According to secondary education
commission, “ every teacher and
educationalist of experience knows that even
the best curriculum and the most perfect
syllabus remains dead unless quickened into
life by the right method of teaching and the
right kind of teacher
According to Manu, “ A teacher is the image of
Brahma”
According to Sir John Adams, “ The teacher is
the maker of man”

5. Role and responsibilities of a
teacher

6. Role and responsibilities
 Role is the part played by somebody in a given
social context, with any characteristics
expected patterns of behaviour that it entails.
 The variety of roles can ensure that teachers
can find ways to lead that fit their talents and
interests

7.  The roles of the teachers are
Roles of a
teacher
Instructional
role
Individual
role
Faculty role

8. Instructional role
 Planning and organizing courses
 Creating and maintaining a desirable group climate
 Adapting teaching and preparing instructional
materials
 Motivating and challenging students
 Teaching involves may activities
 Supplying information needed and its source
 Explaining, clarifying and interpreting
 Demonstrating
 Serve as a resource person
 Supervision
 Evaluation

9. Faculty role
 Vary according to the philosophy, objectives and
setting of teaching institution,
 Chairperson/chair women, secretary or member of
one or more committees
 Counselor of students
 Researchers
 Resource person to groups outside the institution,
other schools and health agencies
 Representative to professional nursing
organizations
 Public relation agent

10. Individual role
 As an individual teacher plays persona role
 As a member of family, religious group, a
community and a citizen.
 Dignified, distinct personality
 At the individual level, teacher plays various
roles…..

11. Roles at
individual
level
As a
controller
As a
facilitator
As an
assessor
As a role
model
As a
lecturer
As a
resource
material
creator
As a
planner
As an
information
provider

12. Teacher’s role

13. Teacher as a controller
 Most common role
 Complete charge of class and activity
 Control not only what the students do, but also
what they speak and what language they use
 Maintain class discipline

14. Teacher as facilitator
 Focus is on the students learning
 Adopt student-centered approach
 Facilitate professional learning opportunities
among staff members is very important role of
teacher leaders
 When teachers learn with and from one
another , they can focus on what most directly
improves students learning

15. Teacher as learner and planner
 Constantly taking classes and attending
professional development sessions
 Regularly collaborate with one another
 Analyze test results
 Design lesson plans

16. Teacher as an assessor
 Most important tasks of the teacher
 Organize feedback
 Offer correction and scoring
 Communicated to students

17. As role model
 Role models are people who set good
examples by words they speak and by the
actions they take
 Students tend to copy the behaviour and
mannerism of teachers
 The ideal teacher is one who through his
thoughts, words, deeds, gives and an
impression of an honest, upright life which can
serve as a model for the students

18. Teacher as lecturer
 Act as coach when students are involved in
project work or self study
 Provides advise and guidance and helps
students clarify ideas and limit tasks
 Provider of information in the lecture context
 The teacher is seen as an expert who is
knowledgeable in his or her field, and who
conveys that knowledge to students usually by
word of mouth.

19. Teacher as a tutor
 This is the role that teacher plays when
students are doing projects on their own or are
involved in self study
 The teacher will help them limit the task by
showing the errors in the first versions of their
work
 The individual and personal contact gives
students a real chance to feel supported and
helped and this improves the atmosphere in
the class

20. Teacher as an observer
 Monitor students during activities to give them
useful and individual or group feedback
 During observation avoid drawing attention to
them

21. Teachers as an information
provider and evaluator
 It is the responsibility of the teacher to facilitate
the student use of the resources by overcoming
any deficiencies in the materials and by
integrating them with the curriculum
 Teachers are facilitators of learning, providing
students with the information and tools they need
to master a subject
 Teachers also play a major role of evaluators,
constantly assessing students abilities through
formal and inform assessments, providing
suggestions for improvement and assigning
grades

22. Teacher as a resource material
creator
 Offer help to students when ever need
 Make himself available so that the students
can consult when they wish
 Should not make students over- reliant on
teacher

23. Teacher as a prompter
 Encourage students to participate and
provides suggestions on activities
 Should not make students dependent
 Encourage students to think creatively

24. Teacher as curriculum planner
 Plan and implement educational programmes
 Assess course and curriculum delivered
 Assessed through
 Students feedback
 Peer evaluation
 Assessment of the product of the educational
programme

25. Teachers role in the society
 A teacher is a member of society. He/she lives
and works in the society. A teacher plays his
role towards society in two ways :
 Inside the school by preparing students for
effective citizens
 Outside the school by assuming the role of a
social worker and an agent of social change

26. Broad classification of a teachers
role
 Teacher as an agent of social change
 Teachers role in community welfare
 Teachers role in elimination of social tensions
and conflict
 Teachers role in international understanding
 Teachers role in pupil development

27. Teachers multifactorious role in
pupil development
 Confident
 Democrat
 Detective
 Ego supporter
 Equalizer
 Facilitator of learning
 Friend and
philosopher
 Group leader
 Guidance counselor
and helper
 Initiator
 Role model
 Evaluator
 Moral educator
 Parent surrogate
 Rationalist
 Problem solver
 Reformer
 Resource person
 Secularist
 Upholder of the
norms and values

28. The class room teacher : roles and
responsibilities
 Class room teacher as manager
 Class room teacher as social skills/
behavioural counselor
 Class room teacher as academic coach,
mentor. Guide and instructor
 Teacher as collaborator

29. Teacher as manager
 Taking attendance
 Respond to illness
 Collect numerous forms
 Orders materials
 Create an atmosphere for learning
 Responds to parents mails

30. As social skill behavioral
counselor
 Coaching and mentoring related to social skills
and behaviour
 Teachers works day in and day out with
students to develop their abilities

31. As academic coach, mentor, guide
and teacher as instructor
 Need to relook at professional responsibility in
academic relation
 Restructure the roles, schedules and
responsibility related to academic instruction
 Respond to students and families

32. As collaborator
the teacher must,
 Attend the morning assembly
 Address the students on moral principles, social and
environmental issues
 Follow the conduct rules notified
 Maintain the teachers diary with lesson pan
 Punctuality
 Evaluate the students
 Conduct regular meetings
 Prepare well in and each aspects of lesson
 Link the topic with previous knowledge

33. As collaborator
the teacher must,
 Develop and use relevant teaching aids
 Use different methods and techniques of teaching
 Interact with students
 Give activity and application
 Maintain cleanliness and discipline
 Appoint monitors for different duties
 Make attendance of students in the class register
 Durating of board with noble work of great
personalities
 Display clearly the time table of the class

34. The teacher should not
 Leave the assembly or the class unattended at
any cost
 Stand in groups and gossip during the
assembly
 Use only ‘telling method’
 Use guides , help books, as they hamper the
thinking process
 Humiliate a child or resort to corporate
punishment

35. Functions of a teacher

36.  The main functions are
 Character development
 Effective teaching and learning
 Curriculum development and implementation
 Adjusting individual differences
 Class room management
 Evaluation of pupil performance
 Developing good family and community
relationship
 Total school effectiveness
 Professional growth and ethics

37. Character development
 Teacher creates an atmosphere which helps
the student to build his character and develops
a respects for the rights, privileges and
opinions of others
 Teacher set a standard
 Help to develop socially appropriate behaviour
 Encourages each pupils thinking and action

38. Effective teaching and learning
 Formulate the objectives of teaching and plans
well ahead for teaching
 Prepare adequately before the class
 Select suitable learning material and AV aids
 Constantly evaluate the activities
 Develop desirable work and study skills and
habits
 Report pupils achievement to parents
 Help poor students to facilitate learning

39. Curriculum development and
implementation
 Helps in the developments, implementation
and evaluation of curricula
 Participate in curriculum revision and
innovation
 Serve as a member of curriculum committee
and brings the problems related to curriculum
implementation

40. Adjusting individual differences
 Understand the importance of individual
difference and follow various techniques
 Apply the basic knowledge of educational
psychology
 Develop a sense of personal growth and value
among pupils
 Maintain discipline

41. Classroom management
 Assign responsibilities to pupils
 Maintain discipline
 Takes care of all records and registers

42. Evaluating and reporting pupils
performance
 Conduct periodic tests
 Periodically evaluate the assignments
 Inform parents about the progress by PTA
meeting and by progress records

43. Developing good family and
community relationship
 Participating in parent-teacher and similar
activities
 Participate in community affaires
 Making himself available to parents at
scheduled time
 Shows a helpful, sympathetic and
understanding attitudes towards parents and
their children's schooling problems

44. Total school effectiveness
 Accepting responsibility
 Cooperating with all coworkers and exchange
ideas
 Executing all required school regulations and
assignments on time
 Taking positive steps for developing and
maintaining faculty and students morale
 Contributing constructively to committees,
faculty meetings, and other school system
groups

45. Organize
 Primary function is to organize education
 Set routines and create order
 Delegate responsibilities
 Determine goals and activities for the class

46. Build relationships
 Spend time for talking to students
 Understand students
 Sharing of information

47. Teach discernment
 Simply disseminate information from a single
source and equip students with ability to
assess and sort through information
themselves

48. Make learning fun
 One of the fundamental rule of teaching
 Inspire students to go out and learn on their
own
 Involving them in the choice of subject matter
and activities
 Emphasize on projects

49. Functions of teacher
 Teachers are required to understand the need of
every child for,
 Material education
 Education for becoming good human being
 For divine education
So that they can face the realities of life in the new
millennium
 Teacher act as a medium to achieve the objectives of
excellence coupled with equity and social justice by
way of imparting quality of education without
discrimination so that they become physically fit,
mentally alert, emotionally balanced and spiritually
sound

50. Characteristics of a teacher

51.  Good communicator
 Act calmly
 Good sense of humor
 Good time management
 Fair attitude
 Dedication
 Command over the subject matter
 Meticulous and have an eye for detail

52. Characteristics and functions
Analytic /synthetic approach
Organization/clarity
Instructor-group interaction
Instructor –individual student interaction
Dynamism/enthusiasm
Kenneth Eble, The Recognition and Evaluation of Teaching,

53. Analytic and synthetic approach
 Discuss points of view other than his/her own
 Contrasts implications of various theories
 Discuss recent developments in the field
 Present origins of ideas and concepts
 Give references for more interesting and
involved points
 Presents facts and concepts from a related
field
 Emphasizes conceptual understandings

54. Organization/clarity
 Explains clarity
 Is well prepared
 Gives lectures that are easy to outline
 Is careful and precise in answering questions
 Summarizes major points
 States objectives for each class session
 Identifies what he/she considers important

55. Instructor-group interaction
 Encourage class discussion
 Invites students to share their knowledge and
experiences
 Clarifies thinking by identifying reasons for
questions
 Invites criticism of his /her own ideas
 Knows if the class is understanding him/her or not
 Has interest and concern in the quality of his/her
teaching
 Has students apply concepts to demonstrate
understanding

56. Instructor –individual student
interaction
 She has genuine interest in students
 Is friendly toward students
 Relates to student as individuals
 Recognizes and greets student out of class
 Is valued for advise not directly related to the
course
 Is accessible to students out of class
 Respects students as persons

57. Dynamism/enthusiasm
 Is a dynamic and energetic person
 Has an interesting style of presentation
 Seems to enjoy teaching
 Is enthusiastic about the subject
 Seems to have self confidence
 Varies the speed and tone of his /her voice
 Has sense of humor

58. Characteristics of effective
teachers
 Master of his/her subject, competent
 Lectures well prepared, orderly
 Subject related to life, practical
 Students, questions and opinions encouraged
 Enthusiastic about his/her subject
 Approachable, friendly, available
 Concerned for students progress
 Has sense of humor, amusing
 Warm, kind, sympathetic
 Teaching aids used effectively
Edward Sheffield, Teaching in Universities-No One Way,197

59. Characteristics of great
teachers
 They get right down to business
 They teach at a fast pace
 They use variety of instructional strategies
 They stay with their subjects
 They use humor
 They have command of their classes
 They interact with the students
 Give immediate responds to student questions or
answer
Lea Ebro, Instructional Behaviour Patterns of
Distinguished University Teachers,1977

60. Characteristics of great
teachers
 Provides corrective feedback
 Use probing questions
 Praise correct answers with an observation based on
answer
 Provide a warm “classroom climate”
 students are free to interrupt at anytime
 Spontaneous introduction of humor
 Nonverbal behaviour
 Use gestures frequently
 Walk around as they talk
 Extensive use of eye contact
Lea Ebro, Instructional Behaviour Patterns of Distinguished University Teachers,1977

61. Teaching skills and teacher
competency

62. A-Z of teaching competencies
A. Alert
B. Bravity, brisk, brilliant, bright
C. Clarity, cooperative
D. Devotion and discovery
E. Enthusiasm and evaluation
F. Feedback
G. Goal setting
H. Honesty, hard work and humor
I. Involvement
J. Judicious
K. Knowledge
L. Linking learning
M. Motivation
N. Need based
O. Objectivity
P. Practice
Q. Quick and quality
R. Relationship
S. Stimulation
T. Tolerance
U. unbiased
V. Variety
W. Warmth and wisdom
X. x- raylike
Y. Youthful and
Z. Zeal

63.  Caring
 Establishes rapport and enthusiastic, friendly and
open
 Knows individual students
 Helps student achieve learning success
 Speaks with persuasion
 Shows flexibility, serve as a coach, referee, leader
and follower
 Listen with care
 Confident in own personality

64.  Knowing
 Brings order and harmony to difficult material
 Provides lucid, clear presentation of ideas
 Matches instructional behaviour and design to
learning needs
 Works well with individuals, small and large
groups
 Teaches and leads by doing
 Holds expert power
 Confident in own skills and knowledge

65. Competencies for good
instructor
 Analyses course material and learner information
 Assure preparation of the instructional site
 Establish and maintain instructor credibility
 Manage the learning environment
 Demonstrate effective communication skills
 Demonstrate effective presentation skills
 Demonstrate effective questioning skills and
techniques
 Responds appropriately to learners needs for
clarification or feedback

66.  Provide positive reinforcement and
motivational incentives
 Use instructional methods appropriately
 Use media effectively
 Evaluate learners performance
 Evaluate delivery of instructions
 Report evaluation information

67. Technical skills of teaching
 Stimulation
 Set induction
 Silence and non verbal cues
 Reinforcing students participation
 Fluency
 Questioning
 Illustration and use of visuals
 Lecturing
 Reinforcement
 Communication

68. Qualities of a teacher

69. Qualities of a teacher
“A great teacher is one a student remember
and cherishes for ever”
 Teachers have long lasting impacts on the
lives of their students and the greatest teacher
inspires students toward greatness

70.  Great teacher must have
 An engaging personality and teaching style
 Clear objective for lessons
 Effective discipline skills
 Good class room management skills
 Good communications with parents
 High expectations
 Knowledge of curriculum and standards
 Knowledge on subject matter
 Passion for children and teaching
 Strong rapport with students

71. Acronym of a teacher
• Tact
• Tolerance
• Truth
T
• Efficiency
• Enthusiasm
• Ethics and
etiquette
E
• Adaptability
• Affection
• Alertness
A
• Character
• Clarity
• Constructiveness
• Creativity
C
• Hard work
• Humility
• Honesty
• Humor
• Human relations
H
• Eagerness
• Efficiency
• Emotional
stability
E
• Rationality
• Relationship
• Resource
fullness
R

72. Acronym of a humanistic
teacher
• TemperanceT
• EmpathyE
• Academic aristocracyA
• CommitmentC
• HumorH
• ethicsE
• ReflectionR

73. Essential qualities
 Qualities relating to professional requirements
 Qualities relating to character and personality
 Qualities relating to human relationships
 Qualities relating to professional educating
and training

74. Qualities relating to professional
requirements
 Love of the profession
 Love for students
 Knowledge of child psychology and educational psychology
 Mastery of the subject matter
 Preparation
 Skill in questioning
 Thirst for knowledge and experimental spirit
 Interest in co curricular activities
 Punctuality
 Professional ethics
 Use of teaching technology
 Knowledge of aims of education
 Judicious use of praise and blame
 Awareness of departmental rules and regulations

75. Qualities relating to character and
personality
 Character and personality of the teacher
 Patience
 Emotional stability
 Good vitality
 Good memory
 Good voice
 Just and impartial
 Humor and laughter
 True to his commands

76. Qualities relating to human
relationships
 Cooperative attitude
 Democratic attitude
 Political neutrality
 Religious tolerance
 Self analysis on the part of teacher

77. Qualities relating to professional
education and training
INC and university have prescribed the
syllabus and qualifications required to be a
teacher in nursing. The government and
departments of the states have prescribed
minimum academic and training qualifications
for different categories of teachers.

78. Qualities of a professional
teacher
 Good motivator
 Role model
 Good guide and counselor
 Effective organizer
 Good administrator
 Keen observer, supporter
and listener
 Maintain good human
relation
 Good communicator
 Researcher
 Good evaluator
 Good leader
 Mastery over the subject
 Professionally well groomed
 Responsible and creative
teacher
 Kind and patient
 Well balanced personality
 Friendly in nature
 Effective utilization of
resources
 Employs varied teaching
approaches

79. Summary

80. “The influence of a good teacher can never be erased”