Good Teaching Practice: Roles and Function of a Teacher Flashcards
instruct, helps others to learn, person who facilitates learning
Teacher
Roles of a Teacher
Manager Counsellor Motivator Leader Model Public Relations Specialist Parent-Surrogate Facilitator Instructor
Roles of a Teacher:
Carries systematic activities throughout the day
Manager (Responsible for the effective management of the class from start to finish)
Roles of a Teacher:
Play main role in planning ahead on what to do, activities, organizing procedure and resources, arranging the environment to max efficiency, monitor students’ progress, anticipating potential and future problems
Manager
Roles of a Teacher:
Teachers provide guidance and assistance if students experience problems
Counsellor
(Significant role: shaping personality of students by observing in many context:
Behavior, attitudes, and overall character)
Roles of a Teacher:
Teachers provide guidance and assistance if students experience problems
Counsellor
Help the students understand inner self, strengthen social relationships, maximize potential and capability
Roles of a Teacher:
Teacher is good at motivating learners to make them listen, participate, and understand instructions
Motivator
provide stimulation and encouragement to increase students interest and motivation
Roles of a Teacher:
Teachers encourage and motivate learners to study well and behave properly in and outside the classroom.
Motivator
(Students are motivated by teachers w/ the following skills: good listener, cooperative, participative in learning activities, excellent and precise in understanding and following instructions in a careful manner)
Roles of a Teacher:
Teacher directs, coaches, supports, and delegates depending on the needs of the situation
Leader
Teachers = Lead by example; the way they act, speak, and behave
Roles of a Teacher:
Lead students through challenging activities, coordinating events, conceptualizing extra-curricular programs
Leader
5 Leadership Styles of a Teacher: (AADPC)
Authoritative Affiliative Democratic Pacesetting Coaching
5 Leadership Styles of a Teacher:
Used by teachers who gained higher degree in the field/ discipline, has notable, innumerable experiences to share; always push teams to pursue common goal
Authoritative Leadership
Most effective leadership style in education
5 Leadership Styles of a Teacher:
Teachers promote social factors (belongingness, trust, safety, open-mindedness)
Affiliative Leadership
Important on building culture, values, and social networks
5 Leadership Styles of a Teacher:
Qualities that promote inclusivity, equity, and culturally responsive practices will be developed
Affiliative Leadership
Specific relationship of a teacher to a student
5 Leadership Styles of a Teacher:
Builds and nurture partnership among stakeholders (students, parents, communities, staff or administrators, beneficiaries of services)
Democratic Leadership
Teachers: first one to seek feedback from stakeholders
5 Leadership Styles of a Teacher:
Purpose: teacher is after/ aims a shared decision making responsibility w/ stakeholders
Democratic Leadership
5 Leadership Styles of a Teacher:
Focuses on the practice of leading by example, inside or outside of classroom
Pacesetting Leadership (Teacher = role models in setting the tone of school, inspiring other teachers by skills, set example thru their dedication and achievements)
5 Leadership Styles of a Teacher:
Most time consuming & requires empathy & patience on leader’s part
Coaching Leadership
Take young or struggling learners under their wings to mentor: Mentoring
Roles of a Teacher:
Teacher should look his best all the time, master his lessons, show interest in the learner’s welfare, show his good behavior, and include good work and attitudes.
Model
(Role model: person who inspires, and encourages us to strive for greatness and to live our fullness potential and see the best in ourselves, someone we admire and aspire to be)
Roles of a Teacher:
Teacher serves as role models by telling the truth, respecting others, accepting and fulfilling responsibilities, playing fair, earning and returning trust, live a moral life
Model
Showing students how to make sense of the world and express diff ideas in a peaceful/ democratic way
Roles of a Teacher:
Create and maintain favorable public image for the organization that they represent
Public Relations Specialist
Teacher must have a good public relations to make a good name for his school
Roles of a Teacher:
Benefits: expand number of applicants, help institution to become more better known, gain and enhance reputation, improve internal relations, main good relations w/ the community, and maintain positive relations w/ the alumni
Public Relations Specialist
Forms: publications, phone calls, text brigade
Roles of a Teacher:
In school, the teacher is the parent of the learners
Parent-Surrogate
Roles of a Teacher:
Teachers need to be trained appropriately for how to deal w/ all the non-academic stuffs
Training the learners socially, emotionally and to look after their physical and mental well-being.
Parent-Surrogate
Teacher guarantees that the individual rights of the learners in education and safety is respected
Roles of a Teacher:
The learners must be given the chance to discuss things under the close supervision and monitoring of the teacher.
Facilitator
Teacher prepares guidelines which will serve as the focus of discussion and activities
Roles of a Teacher:
Shifting roles from being lecturer to a person that provides resources, monitors progress of students, and encourages students to solve problems to enhance problem solving skills/ critical thinking/ analysis skills
Facilitator
(students are required to do the work alone; teachers must teach students to manage their own learning, trained to dev interdependence and confidence on the task that they do)
Roles of a Teacher:
The main function of the teacher is instruction. Imparting of skill (instructing)
Instructor
Someone who teaches a specific practical skill
Roles of a Teacher:
make sure student have reached standard level of competence in the relevant skill
Check proficiency in technical/ practical skills
Instructor
Develop the know-how, how to do the activity, how to put it in practical application
Hallmarks of Good Teaching:
Skills, knowledge, attributes that are specifically valued by professional associations, organizations and bodies connected to your future carrier
Professional Competence (Qualifications to the profession)
Hallmarks of Good Teaching:
The teacher who enjoys teaching shows genuine interest in patients, and displays confidence in his or her professional abilities.
Professional Competence
Ex: Teacher in Medtech Course: should be a licensed RMT