One would hope that all teachers would strive to be excellent, effective educators. However, education is just like any other profession.
There are those who work extremely hard at their craft getting better on a daily basis and there are those that are just simply there never striving to improve.
Even though this type of teacher is in the minority, just a handful of truly bad teachers can hurt the profession.
Lack of Classroom Management:
A lack of classroom management is probably the single most significant downfall of a lousy teacher. This issue can be the demise of any teacher, no matter their intentions. If a teacher cannot control their students, they will not be able to teach them effectively.
Lack of Content Knowledge:
Unfortunately, some teachers do not know the content well enough to teach it. This is an area that could easily be overcome through preparation.
Poor People Skills:
Good communication is essential in the teaching profession. An ineffective teacher communicates poorly, or not at all, with students, parents, other teachers, staff members, and administrators. They leave parents out of the loop about what is happening in the classroom.ย
SOME COSTLY MISTAKES TO AVOID AS A CONTEMPORARY TEACHER
(1) Never Eat, Drink or Use anything you seized from your student. It will translate to a sign of irresponsibility as a teacher.
(2) Never speak against or ill of a fellow teacher in front of students. It will appear as a sign of unhealthy relationship amongst the teachers which may ultimately undermine the students’ upbringing.
(3) Avoid using your phone to search for information in class. It may lead to questioning your competence by the students.
(4) Never cite an example of body size or complexion using any of your students. You might be accused of an assault or an act of body shaming against the student.
(5) Avoid speaking about an embarrassing personal life of your student in the class. You might be the only person knowing it and revealing it to his colleagues may create inferiority complex in the student’s psyche.
(6) Never give an unverified answer to a student’s question just to avoid being embarrassed for not providing the answer. It is better you find a clever way of delaying the answer until your subsequent meeting to avoid misleading your students.
(7) Avoid isolation with your student of opposite gender for a conversation; it may create a sense of suspicion against your person. Try to make the conversation as transparent as possible.
(8) Never give a test or an assignment you could not have time to mark. It is a sign of unprofessionalism and might demotivate your students if they see it.
(9) Never send for your student who may be having a teacher in his class. It may cost him losing some important aspects of the lesson.
(10) Avoid befriending or dating your student in school; this may cost you your hard-earned integrity. It may work better when you do that after the student’s graduation from the school. May we be guided.
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