What are some of the important attributes that a teacher should have?

Question

To me he should be someone with good moral values and by his words and examples we can see the true color of such people. If not, its time to reflect and think about what make a good teacher.

Answer 1

You are correct. A teacher of children, especially, should be a person of integrity with good moral values, compassion, empathy with others, a vast knowledge about the world and any specific subject he or she teaches, an understanding of the culture of the children he or she teaches and a desire to have a positive impact on the future. A good teacher must also have patience, resourcefulness under adverse conditions, people skills and a measure of personal flexibility.

Answer 2

1) Love teaching and being around whatever age group you
are planning to teach.
2) Like you've already said, strong moral values.
3) Strong personality and leadership skills. Cannot be a
people pleaser or get hurt feelings easily (especially the
way kids and their parents are these days, i.e., a lot of parents are going to back their son or daughter to the hilt, especially if a first or second year teacher is disciplining their little darlings).
4) Must be creative and adept at using a wide range of teaching techniques that reach all styles of learning and incorporate the vastness of the electronic media, especially the computer. This is how kids learn nowadays and how you
keep them on task. The textbook and chalk board days
are long gone.
5) Do not teach junior high or high school aged kids if you
have a strong passion for your area of expertise (Spanish,
English, History, Geography, etc.) but lack the passion and vitality for
dealing with the things (good and bad) that make kids
kids. Because there's just no doubt about it, there are
going to be disruptive students who frankly don't give a
damn about what you are offering and want the spotlight
on their rude and obnoxious shock antics, including telling
you [the teacher] anything from "get a life" to " go ****
yourself." They're in every class and are going to test you from the get-go and don't care one little bit about your lesson plans or about the majority of others who really do care about learning. If you can't handle these types or have any fear of dealing with them, you will lose the respect of all the students, and fast.
6) Lastly, don't assume that rural kids and the kids in the
rich suburbs are bettter or want to learn more than
inner city youth.

Answer 3

The biggest quality a teacher needs when teaching PreK-12 is PATIENCE! You will be tested over and over again by kids, co-workers, and administrators. Even parents will test you. Just breathe.

You will need a SENCE OF HUMOR! This is another important quality. If you take everything too seriously, you will burn out quickly. Some things need to be laughed off.

Another good quality is INTEGRITY...practice what you preach. Live by the good morals that you want your students to have. Be a good example.

Still, you should be CREATIVE. Be able to not only create creative lessons, but find creative solutions for the multitude of issues that arise on a daily basis.

And a lot of other stuff.

Answer 4

Kindness. Children respond to this.
Firmness and authority. They need to keep discipline and they need to convey their teaching in such a way as to make it accepted by their students.
Sense of humour. A sense of humour is a sense of proportion.
Neatness in dress and correctness of behaviour. There was a recent case in Britain of a relationship between a female teacher and an impressionable teenage boy in her class where according to the evidence she used to wear very scanty and revealing clothing. Not only does this send the wrong message, but it shouldn't be tolerated in teachers any more than in students.
Good diction and clear delivery of teaching.
Good moral values and fairness in dealing with any problems which may arise.

Answer 5

Patience

Answer 6

very high good morals indeed..and love for people ...i many times...sacrificed for the students....telling them things nobody told me...and i was envying them that they know and they are young..17 years while i was 30..and thought my life was over..