What is/are the roles and responsiblites an Elementary Teacher has for thier students in the 21st Century?

Question

I am not a teacher but I am curious to wonder how someone views the roles and responsiblities of being a teacher in the 21st Century because I attended Elementary School in the 1980s and early 1990s and the classroom has changed since I left elementary school.

Answer 1

Well the first thing they have to do is teach their students to spell and how to use a spell checker... ;-)
Basically, the role of the elementary teacher is to teach the foundations upon which later work will depend. For example: arithmetic precedes math, which precedes calculus, and is integral in physics and other sciences. They are also responsible for teaching students how to put together a sentence, good grammar and spelling skills, along with syntax, and while these are on a basic level in elementary school, they are the tools with which the student will work while writing essays and compositions in high school and college.
The most important thing an elementary teacher can do, is to teach their students how to learn. Education is so much more than simply regurgitating facts. A parrot can be taught to repeat numbers and phrases, but they are meaningless to the parrot. Similarly, rote learning (straight memorization) is useless unless the student understands how to use the information s/he has learned, and how to search for new information when it is needed. Students also have to learn how to work in a group environment. This means learning cooperation, self-discipline, learning how to take instruction, learning classroom manners and decorum, so as not to interrupt the learning processes of other students. All this will be key to his or her college education, where it is up to the student to learn, and not to the professor to teach. It also lays the basis for the student's successful entry into the work force, as all the classroom skills are brought into play on the job.
Elementary school is actually one of the most important parts of a child's education.

Answer 2

Teachers are expected to – and will continue to in the foreseeable future – be the central role of educational leaders is in determining learning outcomes of their students. Teachers’ roles will remain multifaceted by providing basic literacy, numeracy and initial learning skills in early childhood and primary , and then imparting progressively higher levels of knowledge, competences and learning abilities. They will also impart life skills in secondary and higher education and serve as a socializing part of the institute by passing on cultural and moral values according to current society standards.

The steady rise in the use of information technology in learning is becoming very important in schools. Thus, this requires teachers to be computer literate and trained in the use of certain hardware and software applications for this purpose . However, many teachers still have a low computer literacy. Their, lack of crucial training and appreciation in IT may result in rejection of IT and the information technology’s learning potential. Some say it is time consuming too.

Answer 3

Have you ever gotten one of those forwarded emails that lists all the things a teacher is expected to do, and then at the end it asks how we expect teachers not to pray? That's basically it. My roles include teacher (obviously), parent, big sister, best friend, and designated hugger. I have to make sure that the lower students are making gains, the smarter students are being challenged, and that the average kids are right on track. I have to help students work out problems between themselves, teach them about loyalty & friendship above all else (my own personal soap box issue), and teach them how to behave in a mature manner. I have to be on the lookout for abuse of any kind, make sure they're getting enough to eat, make sure they're not spending all their money at lunch on "extras," keep their parents informed of what's really going on, convince their parents that sometimes there IS a problem, convince them that they're overreacting and that everything is fine, and convince them that I need a bag of flour by Friday. Sometimes I have to referee the kickball game (3rd graders are notorious for making rules up on the fly). Sometimes I have to convince them that the Beatles are way better than the Backstreet Boys. I have to take them home when they miss the bus and then assure their younger sibling that everything's okay when I get there (long story). I have to send home letters by mail threatening to bring social services into the story if they don't come in to conference. I have yet to figure out how to teach writing effectively to kids whose writing abilities vary SO MUCH. How do you teach a kid to write a whole story when he's still spelling "friend" the wrong way? Oh yeah, and I have to get them to pass standardized tests, even if they haven't been speaking English for very long.

I don't say all of the above so that people will tell me how great I am for teaching. I hate it when people do that. I'm good at it, and it would be stupid of me to say that I'm special simply because I dig kids and dig watching them grow. With that said, we really do have to do a lot WITHIN the classroom. People who complain about the hours they spend grading papers aren't doing it right. It's how you interact with the kids and help to raise them to be amazing adults that counts.

Answer 4

I'm not sure why you are asking. (I hope you are not a teacher.) Your question should read, "What are the roles and responsibilities of an elementary teacher for his or her students in the 21st Century.?
On that note, I would say that the primary responsibility is to learn correct grammar and to model it for students. Also, learn to write! Your students can't learn to write well if you are not able to model good writing for them. Please work on subject/pronoun agreement!

Answer 5

For the elementary teacher....you have your hands full. These days so much is required of you guys. Not only do you have the academic responsibilites: following the curriculum, doing grades, but they also want you to make up for bad parenting. You have to spend a lot of time disciplining, showing whats right/wrong, teaching them responsibility, etc.

Answer 6

i'm a instructor too, and my suggestion could be to do a short one-week unit on own hygiene. this variety, the pupil gets the information with out the embarrassment of being singled out. each and on a daily basis, confer with the finished type numerous issues we ought to do to be sparkling and healthful. If this is nevertheless a controversy after this, then confer with the prinicpal approximately the thank you to attitude the father and mom. in case you finally end up assembly with the father, evade a clumsy undertaking with the aid of sanwiching your undertaking between valuable issues on the subject of the pupil. do no longer make it obvious that the main clarification for the convention is to talk undesirable hygiene. Fo occasion, commence with, "Suzie's doing incredibly nicely at attending at college; she is so concentrated and inspired! a undertaking I definitely have that we are in a position to artwork at the same time to unravel is....(hygiene situation)...average, i'm thrilled to have Suzie in my type - i will tell this is going to likely be a great year!" sturdy success!

Answer 7

First, there's all the routine teaching duties...and then you push it up a notch for No Child Left Behind and become totally stressed-out as each year passes!