The role of a teacher

The role of a teacher   

  

                               

Teachers play a vital role in the lives of students. It is important that teachers build a warm environment for their pupils to learn, resulting in students feeling comfortable and confident. A good teacher could be seen as a role model to their pupils whilst educating the students that are placed in their care. There are a number of roles and responsibilities that a teacher should serve. A teacher must have good teaching knowledge, as one of their main roles is to teach knowledge to children. Teachers must follow a specific curriculum that they are given which meets state guidelines. Another factor that is vital, is that the teacher should present a warm, happy and enthusiastic approach to their teaching. This is likely to have a positive impact on their students, as negative energy may result in students becoming demotivated and having a negative attitude to learning new skills. 

Another role of a teacher is a protector role. Teachers must look for signs of trouble, behavioural changes or signs of physical abuse, teachers are required to look into this problem and follow faculty procedures when following up on any signs of trouble. Teachers must discipline their students to try and prevent any potential behavioural issues. 

Teachers should always organise their session well, have some sort of passion for the subject, is able to empathy with the learners, understands how the individual learns best, has skills in teaching and managing learning, teachers with their preferred teaching style and has a wide range of skills in their teaching repertoire, including ‘questioning, listening, reinforcing, reacting, summarising and leadership’ (McCrorie, 2006, p.8). 

There are other specialised responsibilities that a teacher has. During school time and over the sequence of the school year, teachers are also assistants. They assist at school functions and can also tutor sports. At lunch time, they must take on the responsibility to watch their pupils, checking that they are playing safely. They help plan school trips, school disco’s and fundraising events. Teachers could potentially play the role of interior designers when changing their bulletin boards and other classroom displays that are specifically suited for their pupils at that time in the year. 

It is important that teachers have well-structured lesson plans. Before planning any lessons, teachers must ensure that they have classified the learning outcomes for the class. It helps the teacher maintain a standard teaching pattern as they can always refer back to their plan at a suitable time in the lesson, an example of a suitable time could be when the students have been given a written task to complete. When lesson planning teachers, teachers will need to be aware of the aims and objectives of the course being taught to the students. The aims and objectives should clearly answer questions regarding all elements of the course. Asking questions like ‘what is the subject of the course?’, ‘what key elements should the students understand regarding the subject?’ and ‘what will the students take away from the subject, once class has finished?’. Teachers should ask themselves these questions as it will make it easier to plan their lesson. 

sources:

education.gov.gy

faculty.londondeanery.ac.uk

sccdtraining.co.uk

resources.eln.io