What is a most important trait a teacher should have, and why?

Answer 1

I think the some important traits a teacher should have are:

Knowledge of subject matter (that they are teaching)
Knowledge of the learner population
Instructional Design skill
Flexibility, love of teaching, willingness to learn new things

These are only some of the important traits. There are a lot more.

Answer 2

I gonna tell u the most important trait a teacher should have.



He/she should never run out of patient because a true teacher will know that there are different potential in everyone and everybody learns at a different pace,hence thats why they have been called to teach.

Apart from spreading education,they must also lead their students on a morally rightful path and chaning the world into a better place.

Answer 3

To add to the other responses, dedication is a very important trait to have as a teacher. I recall being a student and having one too many teachers that saw their job as merely a paycheck and not really going above and beyond for students that needed that extra help or attention. Of course emotional stability is a must to work as a teacher as one must be able to deal with students with disciplinary problems as others have suggested. Multi-tasking is another trait that teachers must have. Of course tact and diplomacy especially with parents of students that are displaying problems in (and out of) the classroom.

To get a bird's eye view of what it is like to work in a classroom, a position of a teacher's assistant (some teacher's assistant jobs are with another assistant if private school, just fyi) can be very helpful when deciding on a career endeavor. Private schools are, of course, generally more lenient in their rules and it tends to be easier to get employment in a private school as opposed to a public school system. However, either one can give the person a glimpse of what the job may entail.

Answer 4

Patience! With that all other things are possible.

The second most improtant trait would be a good sense of humour. That lightens everyone's mood in the classroom and can make learning fun.

Answer 5

I'm a retired teacher.
My classroom at lunch was full of students who had been raped/incested, beaten , abused in all sorts of ways.
I had a rule that one could say some-thing nasty about a person, without being in trouble, on condition you then said Two nice things about that person.
One day, by mistake, a student said some-thing rude to me ( I was ugly - which is true) he had to say two nice things about me he asked his friends and soon about 25 students were discussing what good teachers should be.
These are their conclusions and I agree.
You should be FAIR - a teacher called Ms Sierra was.
You should be able to tell a bully at fifty paces which most teachers can not but Ms Sierra and I could.
You should treat students as PEOPLE, which most adults do not.
You should "tell it as it is Miss" apparently I was the only adult who did this - quite a compliment. It meant I treated them like people and did not sugar-coat facts nor predicate gloom and doom if they did not do well at school.
Apparently I taught them that life is good, it's very often bad and unfair but overall it's wonderful; at least that's what they got from me.
These students varied from 13yrs to 18 yrs, a mixed lunch-time group but I agreed with these wonderful students who often came back to see me to laugh, commiserate and talk, talk, talk.

Answer 6

i think the most important trait would be to be able to relate to the kids without trying to act like them or whatever. like kids really like teachers when they give work that kids can have fun doing and actually learn from. like im not saying never get mad or anything cause everybody does but think about stuff you would have rather done to learn things when you were younger.

Answer 7

Compassion and imagination... plus a good strong cup of coffee (not a trait but essential) because every person deserves understanding and if a child doesn't get something in a lesson, you need to think of different ways that he/she will understand.

Answer 8

1. Incredible classroom discipline--if the classroom is in chaos, no learning can happen.
2. Infinite patience--teachers are expected to teach a variety of subjects and deal with students who are not always prepared and who do not always want to learn, so patience is really vital
3. Subject matter knowledge (for obvious reasons)

Answer 9

A sense of humor, but enough presence to keep the room under control. It's miserable to sit through a class where the students rule, and the teacher has no humor.

Answer 10

I think patience helps you to remember that your students are still young and need time to develop discipline and other skills. A sense of humour would come in second place- sometimes laughter is the best medicine. It also helps to build a rapport with your students.