What do you feel are your major strengths as a teacher?

Answer 1

I feel I am able to really get to know each of my students as a person--as an individual. I try to get a feel for what strategies work with each one. They do not all learn the same and what works for one may not for another. I have always tried to be as flexible as possible --for example , one year a student was very ADHD and was able to work more efficiently by standing at his desk sometimes when it was too difficult for him to sit still. One student was claustrophobic and this year my classroom was very small and with the kids in there it was close quarters. So I would let him put his desk in the doorway (there was still room to get by in case of an emergency) and this put him at ease while he worked. It is easier in special education to do this with smaller rosters of students, of course.
I always seemed to have no problem keeping my group under good classroom management. They always felt at ease and that it was a safe environment for them to be themselves but knew when to stop before crossing that line--I respect them and they respect me.
I also try to be sensitive to their needs and what may have happened at home the night before or that morning to make them act out or fall asleep in class. I try to talk with them to get to the root of their possible problem and come up with a solution that will help them be successful in the classroom, and hopefully later on in life.

Answer 2

Teaching Strengths

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In addition to the above excellent advice, here's my .02: I think you're on the right track by playing through a bunch of different songs. The best way to learn to sightread is simply to practice sightreading as much brand-new music as you can get your hands on. Especially if it's music you've never heard before! Once you know the piece well enough to play it through, it's of no use for sightreading training anymore, so unless you want to develop it for your repertoire, it's time to move on to a new piece. And, it may sound boring since your technical skill is so advanced, but for sightreading practice, you may be better off choosing music that is below your technical grade. I suggest getting one of those big-book anthologies and just playing it right through -- or else you might try some of the Hal Leonard "Classics to Moderns" collections -- the intermediate and early-advanced editions might be challenging enough to be interesting, yet not overwhelmingly painful to your eyes and brain. Bach's two-part inventions would be good, too. Any big book with a lot of different short pieces in it will do. The point is to start out with pieces that you can read through fairly easily, without having to worry about questions of technique. Hell, don't be afraid to practice reading the *really* easy stuff if it helps! Boring, but you'll catch on faster and make quicker progress that way than if you start out getting bogged down in some monstrous, virtuosic Liszt thing. As for Hanon, Czerny, etc., they're both essential, but for other purposes. They won't help your sightreading much -- once you learn the basic motif of a Hanon exercise, you pretty much don't have to look at the page ever again except to check where the turnaround is. Czerny's also pattern-oriented, although not quite as much as Hanon -- but both are about developing mechanical strength, agility and dexterity -- not reading skills.

Answer 5

1.able to get what i want across
2.able to let the children take part in the lesson and actually learn sth
3.have the love and respect of the children!
4.the managing of the classroom
5.able to know how much a child CAN learn

Answer 6

I know my students and am able to teach to their needs.

I am able to modify lesson plans.

I am flexible.

I set high expectations for all of my students regardless of their abilities.

I am able to motivate and engage my students.

I am willing to take constructive criticism and advice from other teachers as well as my supervisors.

I want to learn everything, and I dont mind my students teaching me a few things.

I evaluate my lessons constantly, even while I am doing them.

I am able to bring my students to higher levels of learning.

I respect my students as people.

Answer 7

You have to be an actor to draw the kids in. If you can get them to listen and participate, however you do it, you will be a good teacher.

Answer 8

- knowledgable in my subject areas

- able to adapt lessons to many learning styles and ability levels

- excellent communicator

- good classroom management

- able to evaluate my own work, and make changes as necessary - good at reflecting how my lessons went, and how to continuously improve

Answer 9

Having loads of patience and understanding, enthusiasm and most of all being able to make the most boring of topics fun!!

Answer 10

Able to learn...as well as a teach.