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