Teachers Are Underpaid In the United States, educators are valued for being more than just a teacher by society. Educators not only nurture and enrich student’s minds, but they are also preparing them for the future. They are the stepping stones to the student’s pathway of success. K-12 teachers around the country, with the exception of the East Coast (like Rhode Island), are often overworked, overwhelmed, and usually underpaid; this is due to the lack of funding, and because of the time and…
Math Teacher A teacher majoring in Mathematics is referred to an educator who teaches middle or high school math. It also requires them to train for classes such as algebra, geometry, trigonometry and other higher level math classes. Math teachers, also called arithmetic teachers are highly skilled in a variety of topics. Math teachers are of the jobs that require a big amount of patience as it take some students a long time to understand a concept. Math teachers should also be creative in…
This dimension focuses on the extent to which an effective EFL teacher is aware that students have acquired knowledge and skills in a way that allows them to demonstrate success. It is more than merely testing students and more than simply measuring achievement. Effective EFL teachers constantly monitor and collect evidence of students' comprehension (Stephenson, 2001; Rubio, 2009; Koutrouba, et al, 2012). They continually interact with students to track students learning, adjust instruction as…
The role of a teacher in today’s world is very complex and diverse. Not only teachers play a crucial and vital role in providing content area knowledge to students, but also providing intellectual and social development, having integrity, being honest and always modeling appropriate conduct in the classroom and in the community. Being a teacher is much more than just accomplishing lesson plans; they also carry the role of effectively communicate with a variety of constituents, applicate of the…
states that learning with a teacher may not be beneficial in the long term. In our society learning is always based on what a teacher teaches us. We don’t learn anything exactly what should be learned, but the things that a teacher wants us to learn. Everything is prepared beforehand by the teachers and the students accept that without any efforts made. The trend about learning with a guide has been going on for generations to generations but I don’t agree that a teacher is always necessary to…
I believe that it is important for teachers to communicate with all parents, regardless of their socioeconomic statues. Teachers should always start the communications by mentioning positive things about the student. If the teachers focus on the negatives, the parents will feel that their children are failures. At the same time, teachers should communicate in a way that the parents do not feel as inferior beings. As mentioned in the reading, all parents hold big expectations for the role that…
given an education, it came time to find teachers for these schools and students. Teachers have always been an essential part of education, being as they are the ones providing said education. Even with that being said, there have been many cases of teachers being mistreated. There have been so many reported and unreported incidences of this happening that teachers felt compelled to try and do something to combat this problem. Throughout the years teacher unions…
When I become a teacher I plan on teaching 3rd and 4th grade if I’m lucky! 3rd and 4th grade students are probably more tech savvy than I will be and by the time I become a teacher technology is going to be a huge part of education whether I want it to or not. With technology advancing at the rate it is teaching will soon become a breeze. Teachers will be able to do most everything with technology and find to be a good thing and a bad thing. When I think of technology, I instantly think of…
Among the values that the best teachers should have are to be excited and to love working with and for children, to have goals such as to make a difference in the children’s lives, to help them to achieve their potential and goals, to have the ability to guide, to be compassionate, encouraging and carrying. The documentary “First Year “displays the first year of professional life of five teachers and their approaches while dealing with children disruptive to others. But in reality they are only…
The importance of teacher expectations in assisting the learning process of the students has long been appreciated. Teacher expectations, theorised as the Pygmalion Effect by Rosenthal and Jacobson (1968), are primarily linked to the students’ determination and their actual level of performance. This theory states that the higher the expectations of a teacher lead to a higher performance in the students. This theory also holds true that if the expectations of the teacher is low, the students…