Part 4

• Role of teacher


  Importance not only in the classroom but also in society
• Teacher


  • Responsible to obtain and give the knowledge and skills from their generation to give to the generation coming
  • Ensures the survival of human and its life
  • Key to quality education
  • Can teach wisdom, moral and ethical values
• Ensuring proper development of students

  1. Providing safe environment

  2. Providing efficient teaching and learning methods

  3. Increasing students' self-esteem and personal confidence

  4. Preparing students with necessary knowledge, character and skills for higher education and to live in society
• Teacher


  • Needs to act as a manager in the classroom
  • Needs to be equipped with managerial skills such as leadership, conflict resolution, information processing, decision making, resource allocation
• Teacher as a leader

  Ability to motivate and help students, and deal with their problems effectively
• Motivation


  A force that awakes a person from their sleepy mode
• Children carry what they are taught at a young age throughout the rest of their lives
• Today's youth will become tomorrow's leaders
• Teachers have access to educate the youth in their most impressionable years
• Teachers


  • Have the ability to shape leaders of the future in the best way for society to build positive and inspired future generations and therefore design society, both on a local and global scale
• Teachers have the most important job in the world
• Great teachers


  • Have the ability to change lives for the better
  • Can act as a support system that is lacking elsewhere in students' lives
  • Can be a role model and an inspiration to go further and to dream bigger
  • Hold students accountable for their successes and failures
  • Won't let their talented students get away with not living up to their full potential
• Teachers


  • Have the ability to shape opinions and help form ideas about society, life and personal goals
  • Can expand students' limits and push their creativity
• Teaching is a tough job, but it is one where you can make the most impact in another person's life
• Teachers


  • Are the ultimate role models for students
  • Stay positive for their students even when things can seem grim
  • Have compassion for their students, understanding of their personal lives, and appreciation for their academic goals and achievements
• Teachers


  • Provide the power of education to today's youth, thereby giving them the possibility for a better future
  • Simplify the complex, and make abstract concepts accessible to students
  • Expose children to ideas and topics that they might otherwise not have come into contact with
  • Expand on interests and push their students to do better
  • Don't accept failure, and therefore, students are more likely to succeed
  • Know when to push students, when to give a gentle nudge in the right direction, and when to let students figure it out on their own
• Teachers


  • Provide guidance to students of all types
  • Help to reveal student's best skills and teach valuable life skills
  • Are a source of inspiration and motivation
• Teachers


  • Have dedication
  • Listen, coach and mentor their students
  • Help shape academic goals and are dedicated to getting their students to achieve them
  • Have patience for their students and are understanding when a concept isn't taking
  • Believe in the power of education and the importance of providing children with good role models
  • Work 'round-the-clock, arriving earlier than school starts and working after school and on weekends
• Education is a fundamental aspect in the development of a country
• Teachers provide the education that improves quality of life, therefore bringing so much to both individuals and society as a whole
• Teachers increase productivity and creativity of students and therefore, of future workers
• When students are pushed to be creative and productive, they are more likely to be entrepreneurial and make technological advances, ultimately leading to economic development of a country
• Attributes that make the difference between a good teacher and a truly great teacher


  • Compassion
  • Passion for Learning and Children
  • Understanding
  • Patience
  • Ability to Be a Role Model
  • Communication Across Generations and Cultures
  • Willingness to Put in the Effort
• Steps to become a teacher

  1. Get Experience

  2. Decide on Pre-K, K-8, or High School

  3. Get a Degree

  4. Get a Teaching Certificate