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It is useful to further categorise these traits into different aspects (there is some overlap):

The quality of lessons and teaching:

 explains new ideas clearly


 doesn't just 'tell' students things but gives them the chance to try out and practise new ideas
and skills
 makes students feel they have learned something at the end of a lesson
 uses teaching materials students find interesting
 is well organised
 creates lessons that link together logically
 uses varied lessons with different types of activity
 gets the students to see the point of what the teacher makes them do
 enables the students to make good progress
 achieves good results for the whole class

We could break this category down further; some of the items are about individual lessons and
others are judged over a longer period than a single lesson.

How students feel about the lessons (we can achieve these through careful lesson planning):

 varies their lessons with different types of activity


 uses teaching materials students find interesting

The way the lesson is delivered; the teaching style:

 is well organised
 explains new ideas clearly
 doesn't just 'tell' students things but gives them the chance to try out and practise new ideas
and skills

The way the teacher relates to the students

 is not too strict


 is friendly
 is patient
 has a sense of humour
 is interested in their students
 is interested in what s/he's teaching
 treats all students with respect
 is fair

Teacher's confidence/competence

 knows what s/he's talking about


 is confident
 is 'in control' of students

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