Reflections and ideas of a teacher-to-be
This isn’t my weekly practicum reflection but… While I was at my school visit today, one teacher went out of her way to explain to me her method for dealing with conflicts between students after a disagreement occurred. I was very grateful for her care and advice, and decided to take note of it.
Today we did an activity where we were asked to brainstorm ideas about “what makes a good teacher”. Given everything that we’ve been learning over the past month as well as my own experiences with teaching and tutoring, I thought I had a pretty good idea about what makes a good teacher, and what my future students would be expecting of me. To me, a good teacher is someone who is observant/attentive to each student as an individual within the class, knowledgeable about what they are teaching, and passionate about what they do.
After jotting down all my ideas (in purple in the image below), I was passed two letters from middle school students who shared their take on “good teachers”. What did middle school students think a good teacher should do? I added their ideas to my brainstorming (in pink).