ESSAY : QUALITIES OF A GOOD TEACHER

Education is the most important part in one’s life. The kind of education
one receives largely depends upon the kind of teacher one has, especially in the
early years of one’s schooling. Moreover, in today’s society, teachers come in all
types and sizes. For example, based on my own experience during schooling
days, some teachers are very good, whereas some teachers are not that good.
Teachers should possess many qualities that closely related to the teaching
values, which encompass the individual, social and professional characteristics
and qualities of teachers. Teachers who possess these teaching values will be
able to excel and teach efficiently as competent educators.

A competent teacher should possess individual qualities such as being

kind-hearted, humorous, patient, responsible, having confidence and leadership.
In my opinion, among all these qualities, patience is the most important quality
that a good teacher should possess. A teacher with patience is a teacher who
can control emotions appropriately. Such teacher has emotional intelligence,
whereby anger will never explode in any stressed situation that the teacher
encounters. This teacher is also always willing to keep explaining when there are
students who would just not be “getting” a particular concept in a lesson. This
teacher will just “stuck” with the concept, while explain the concept repeatedly to
the student until the student copes up with the concept.

Next, I would confidently say that the attitude of being responsible also
plays a major part among those individual roles. A responsible teacher will
always attach importance on his/her duties. Such teacher will always strive to
work with full dedication to ensure their task is perfectly complete. Teachers with
this attitude also have a true compassion for their students. They always care
about their students as individuals and wanted to help them when the students

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face problems either in studies or in life. These teachers are also dedicated
towards the excellence of their students. They will do their level best to raise the
bar of their students. Even, they always expect the best from their students in
order to give the students a sense of confidence in their studies.

Besides teaching in classrooms, a teacher also has to interact with

colleagues, parents and local community out there. In view of this, a teacher
should not look at his/her individual qualities alone, but the social qualities such
as having well manner, being friendly, modest, dedicated and honest as well. It is
undeniable that honesty is a priority among the social qualities in every teacher.
An honest teacher is a teacher who will work diligently with full-dedicated spirit,
either inside the classroom or in any social interactions outside the classroom.
The teacher is also willing to spend additional time despite the classroom period,
in order to guide his/her students. Others will respect such teacher because they
know that the teacher will never break any promises or deceive them.

Furthermore, I would emphasis that dedication is another major social

characteristic that an individual should behold in order to be a good teacher. A
teacher, who possesses this dedicated spirit, will always be devoted to their job
responsibilities. This teacher is also considered as a good manager of time as
time is one of the most precious resources a teacher has. They also do not take
things for granted and always put full effort to fulfil their job. For example, a
dedicated teacher does not necessarily end his/her class exactly after the bell
rings. Whereas, he/she will always be conscientious and involved in after school
meetings, committees, projects besides assisting students.

High professional qualities are also important for a qualified trained

teacher. In order to present the lesson efficiently well, a teacher should possess

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professional characteristic such as inquisitive, having powerful memory, being
communicative and innovative. In my point of view, the quality of being innovative
plays a vital role in every good teacher. A teacher with an innovative quality will
not be affected by any rigid routines of teaching that may make the lesson
boring. For instance, they are flexible to always think and try on new approach,
teaching method and strategy to make their lesson more interesting.

As a conclusion, teachers play a crucial and vital role in the molding of

students, who constitute a nation’s future human resource. Every teacher should
embed the qualities stated above into their selves, in order to become a
competent educator. Through this, the teachers can guide students to attain the
knowledge and skills they need to succeed in the world. This is because the
nations are the way they are and will be in part because of their teachers.

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