How to become a great teacher
50 GOLDEN RULES OF EVERY GREAT TEACHER
1. Come to class prepared with planned lesson note . Failure to plan is planning to fail.
2. Always be willing and eager to learn. Learners are leaders.
3. Never stop learning. You are as good as the last paper, degree or qualification that you have.
4. Provide clear rules, regulations and expectations for yourself and your students.
5. Act in students’ best interests always.
6. Learn everyday and strive for personal development.
7. Leave every problem at the door. No matter what happens, the show must continue.
8. Get along with the administration and improve your inter personal skills.
9. Listen before talking.
10. Accept your mistakes, learn from them and never repeat them.
11. Seek good advice from other teachers
12. Be flexible and be available
13. Never embarrass any students
14. Never gossip about parents or other teachers
15. Get positively involved in the lives of the students
16. Read more books to know more
17. Stay up to date
18. Involve parents in the activities of students in school
19. Be interesting and friendly
20. Try to get student’s input or contributions in every lesson.
21. Be teachable
22. Avoid excuses
23. Communicate regularly and consistently
24. Don’t take everything personal
25. Build a strong relationship
26. Always have ideas or meaningful contributions
27. Apologize when you are wrong because no one is perfect or infallible.
28. Enjoy what you are doing which is teaching.
29. Be open-minded
30. Inspire
31. Be creative and productive
32. Think outside the box
33. Be committed
34. Do not gossip or discourage students
35. Attend tender care and love
36. Be passionate about teaching.
37. Be voracious reader
38. Invest in skills acquisition and knowledge
39. Be role models to your students
40. Make classroom come alive when teaching. Move around.
41. Male lesson interactive
42. Empathy with the students
43. Be PPP, plan, prepare and perform
44. Show high level of moral standards or integrity.
45. Be curious
46. Be brave
47. Believe in students’ potential as it will give them confidence
48. Be a TEAM worker
49. Be humorous
50. Don’t encourage examination mal practices