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How To Become The Best Teacher You Can Be
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How To Become The Best Teacher You Can Be

7 Steps to Becoming the Best Teacher You Can Be, Connect with Students, and Make a Positive Impact in Their Lives!
Created byHowExpert
Last updated 8/2020
English

What you'll learn

  • How To Become The Best Teacher You Can Be

Course content

1 section • 8 lectures • 1h 7m total length

  • Welcome0:19

    Discover seven steps to becoming the best teacher you can be while learning to connect with students and make a positive impact in their lives.

  • Part 1 - Get To Know Your Students10:27

    Get to know your students by memorizing their names and their likes and dislikes. Show you care by personalizing interactions, responding to letters, and keeping your door open to students.

  • Part 2 - Allow Your Students To Know You7:33

    Let your students know you as a person to strengthen the teacher-student relationship, balance professionalism with transparency, and foster a caring, trustworthy classroom culture.

  • Part 3 - Attitude Is Key9:28

    Attitude shapes the classroom; an animated teacher motivates students. Laugh with students, listen openly, model kindness, and stay available even for tough cases to become a favorite teacher.

  • Part 4 - They're Just Kids12:41

    Recognize that students are kids whose intellects and emotions evolve, guiding age-appropriate lessons. Foster mutual respect, fair, private consequences, chances to learn, and mastery through developmentally attuned, engaging lessons.

  • Part 5 - Be Democratic9:51

    Empower students by running a democratic classroom, giving them a say in rights, rules, and assessment, offering choices; balance fairness and firmness with clear consequences and shared ownership of learning.

  • Part 6 - Lessons, Assignments And Activities9:05

    Adopt an interest-based, authentic teaching approach that activates prior knowledge, engages students with real-world tasks, and promotes student ownership through collaborative, project-based assignments and thoughtful breaks.

  • Part 7 - It's Okay To Take a Personal/Professional Day8:03

    Prioritize your mental health by taking personal and professional days to recharge, engage in professional development, and sustain a democratic, engaging classroom.

Requirements

  • None

Description

When we look back, we always remember those few amazing teachers that have made a positive impact in our lives. The term "favorite teacher" doesn't mean you are always the popular teacher, but the teacher that the kids respect and remember for the positive impact that the teacher had on them.

This book is written by a teacher who has impacted the lives of her students and has been termed the "favorite teacher" by many of her students. In this guide, you will learn how to become the best teacher you can be, impact the lives of students, and experience great fulfillment in your career of teaching.

This book provides expert opinions, tips, and personal experiences on how to become a favorite teacher, including:

  • What it means to really get to know your students by memorizing their names early on, showing an interest in what they do outside of school, and simply paying attention

  • How to remind your students that you are a person - just like them! - who has real-world experience and a life beyond the classroom

  • Being in the right mindset to not only laugh with your students, but to be available when they need you and to be a model of politeness and kindness

  • What it means to keep in mind that you are teaching children who need role models willing to show them how to be a decent people

  • Creating a democratic community of learners in which you are fair, consistent, and firm in your interactions with students

  • How to create lessons, assignments, and activities that are authentic and interest-based and which reflect the ways in which people actually function in the real world

  • And why it's important to allow yourself time to engage in professional development and personal leave time

About the expert:

Rachel Sawyer teaches middle-school language arts in the Pacific Northwest. She took a nontraditional route to teaching, first earning undergraduate degrees in English Literature and Psychology from the University of Nevada, Reno before earning her BS in Secondary Education from Bowling Green State University.

Who this course is for:

  • Teachers, anyone who wants to teach

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