Essay About Effective Teacher And Own Methods

Dont Sit on the KidsDont Sit on the KidsWhen asked to choose a book for a report I wanted to further my knowledge in an area that I am weak in. In my pursuit to be an effective teacher, one that inspires students to live up to their potential, and to be remembered fondly like some of the teachers I remember best I have found that I have much yet to learn. After substitute teaching for five years, the area that is most difficult is discipline. Every teacher seems to have their own methods and ways of managing their classrooms and what is acceptable at one school may not be the preferred method at another. While working in various special education classrooms with special needs students I have found a huge range of what is acceptable behavior, that the guidelines for controlling the classroom have to be modified, as well as the way I react to certain behaviors. In the course of reading this alternative method of discipline I was intrigued by the concepts that were presented, I gained insight on why some of the traditional methods of discipline I have used in the past have failed, and I am now equipped with some more effective and non-punitive discipline methods to try. What follows is a summary of the key points that were made in the book.

To best understand what methods as a teacher you will use to create an effective learning environment, it is imperative to be aware of how your choices our perceived by the child and how what you convey to them is going to effect them throughout their development. It is a huge responsibility that teachers have to guide, supervise and protect a child through their development and enable them on their way to creating a society that is more socially responsible and more reasonable than that which we know. To better understand the methods used to maintain appropriate behavior and to create an optimum environment for learning, it is imperative that first there is an understanding of what discipline means, our motives in using it and how children are affected by it.

• To best understand what methods as a teacher you will use to create an effective learning environment.
• Your own, unquestioned best judgement about the purpose of all actions.
• Your own, unquestioned best decision making power.
• Your own, unquestioned best decisions.
• Your own, unquestioned best decision or decision of self.

• This is what teaching school is all about!
• It’s as important as your first name as you, your last name and your address.
• Some very good teachers go to great lengths to help others learn, even when they’re not able to. I know these people will do whatever is necessary to help. I also know that they know the child better than they do, if it ever comes to it.