Friday, December 9, 2011
Highly qulaified and effective teachers
In this world of pushing the requirements of No Child Left Behind including the idea of schools having 100% highly-qualified teachers teaching students, determining what highly qualified means can be a problem. In your opinion what does it mean for a teacher to be highly qualified and effective?
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In my opinion, a teacher that is highly qualified and effective is:
An effective teacher is a teacher who is student-like. What I mean by this is they understand how the student mind works and what the age group your teaching is interested in. For example, I get more out of a class when the teacher understands what our jokes are and even add to them. When I see and hear the whole class laughing at a joke that the teacher makes, it makes learning a whole bunch easier and more fun. A high quality teacher is a teacher whow know what he/she is doing. A high quality teacher is very smart, while knowing how to keep students entertained. To me, a real high-quality teacher is and ultimate one because he/she combines her high quality teaching style with his/her effectiveness talents to become the "favorite teacher" for students.
In my expert opinion, a teacher who is highly qualified and effective would be a teacher who not only attended college, but graduated with honors. They need to have passed their student teaching with flying colors. They need to be able to relate to the students in a way that is fun and engaging, while still maintaining the role of teacher. They need to be mature. If a student finds an error in their work and voice it, the teacher needs to take the correction in stride and try to improve in the future. If they cannot speak in a grammatically correct sentence at least 95% of the time, they are NOT qualified to be a teacher, even if their subject is not in direct relation to English or grammar. The same also should apply to the administration.
For a teacher to be highly qualified and effective, first they must know how to struggle, which means taking superfluously hard courses in college. If a teacher does not know what it is like to struggle, they will never know how to get their point across to the student. When they see a student struggling, they will think back to college they will remember they ways that their teachers helped them and what worked for them to eliminate confusion. Having the head knowledge is one thing, but knowing how to be clear and effective to ensure a student gains knowledge is another.
Teachers who are highly-qualified and effective are very rare to find. You may think teachers are highly-qualified and effective,but some aren't. Otherwise, we wouldn't have students who have to go to special classes because they are slower learners. Teachers who are highly-qualified and effective should be able to make the student, who needs help understanding, understand. Also, when teachers are highly-qualified the aren't effective because they are to busy making themselves look important. In my opinion a teacher who is highly-qualified and effective is one who knows what he/she is doing and isn't boasting about how great of a teacher they are.
In my opinion, a teacher that is highly qualified and effective to thier students and other colleges, is one who goes to college. The teachers also need to know how kids work and know that they have other activites besides school. For example, they need to not be teaching freshman things that others don't learn till they are in college. Even though the "No Child Left Behind" says that they are supposed to have I standards for students, some go way over the top. When we get to assignments that are way over the top of our level, it makes learning hard and just causes stress among all the classmates, which may include staying up way to late. For a teacher to be really effective on the students future, they need to be liked by the students, because if they aren't, the kids could care less about getting homework done on time.
In my opinion, a teacher is highly qualified when they’ve accomplished the schooling in order for them to be overly knowledgeable on the subject they’re teaching. Being an effective teacher is difficult and takes time and experience achieve. I think the effectiveness of a teacher will show in their students. If the students respect the teacher, prove to grasp the subject, and want to learn more, then I think that teacher is doing an effective job. However, just because students like a teacher doesn’t mean they know the subject, grasping the subject could mean they’re just going through the motions, and wanting to learn more could be because they didn’t learn enough the first time. Therefore, I believe it takes all of these things to be an effective teacher.
For me, a teacher that is high qualified is someone that has attended college and that has learned how to keep their students engaged in a subject no matter how boring it may be. The teacher should be able to relate to their students, but they should be able to keep the role of the teacher. However, there are some teachers that try to be just like the students and they fail miserably, and they can't keep the students engaged. Although there are the teachers that know how to make a class fun and exciting, but they still are able to keep the students engaged in the subject that they are learning. Also the teacher should be able to understand exactly how their students operate inside and outside their classroom.
In order for a teacher to be highly qualified and effective they must first have all the proper knowledge in order to teach students the correct way. For teachers to do this, they must have completed high school, college, and have had a job shadowing of some sort. If teachers can get a feel of what it is like to be a student, then they will understand more about how to apporach things. If the teachers take the students' opinions into mind and compromise a little they could be much more effective.A highly qualified and effective teacher can not favor any one stuent over another and must bring their full, undivided attention with them to school. They must be understanding and willing to take the extra step to help any student in need. Finding a teacher who really pushes their students hard is tough to find. The occasional teacher that cares about their students' path will be the one to change the entire education system into a wonderful learning environment.
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