Teacher Personality:
The Do's and Don'ts of a good teacher.
Self appraisal should be an important part
of a teacher's daily routine because routine is an integral part of a teacher's work. If a
teacher is not careful, then she runs the risk of becoming boring. Instead of teaching the
3 R's, she will become the victim of the 3 R's, namely: Rigid, Repetitive and Restrictive.
Rigid-she becomes very
comfortable with old ideas and hence is averse to trying out new ideas or techniques.
Repetitive- the tried and
tested path is easy to follow, so, year after year, same old teaching aids, same old
examples and same old worksheets. Students may just as well refer to the book of a past
student because everything remains the same!
Restrictive-since she does
not like to experiment with new ideas, naturally she will restrict the children from
trying out new things. Creativity and curiosity from students is debarred in her class.
So teachers, before you
fall in the trap of these 3r's, wake up and try out these self appraisal questions to know
where you stand.
Are my lessons all talk and no interaction? Do I give my children enough time and
scope to participate in my class?
 The best way to do so
is to dedicate at least 10 minutes or even five minutes at the end of the lesson for
children to interact about the topic or have a show and tell once a week where students
can bring their findings from books or the internet on the topic of study.
Am I aware of the plus points and drawbacks of all my students?
 Do this by
maintaining a record book. Most teacher training courses recommend it. However most
teachers do not follow it because of lack of time and busy schedules. The best way is to
maintain a note book and dedicate a page to each child. Write his name and class on the
top of the page and then jot down points that you observed about him or any thing specific
that you noticed in your class. For e.g.- a child keeps interrupting you to talk about a
book that he saw in the library on the same topic or found a site on a particular topic on
the net then you can jot this in the notebook. Then while assigning project work you can
give him the duty of reference work in the library or finding information from the net.
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Every class has its
fair share of groups, clicks, pairs, stars and isolates. A good teacher will know exactly
in what category each student falls and will deal with him accordingly. An isolate is a
child who has no friends and whom no one likes in the class and such a child hates coming
to school because of this. So a good teacher will help him cope and interact with the
others during group work etc. A star as the name suggests is the hero of the class and if
not tackled correctly may soon become the bully of the class. 