QUALITIES OF

GOOD TEACHERS
 A good teacher
affects eternity;
he can never tell
where his
influence stops.

— Henry Adams
 What really makes a GOOD
TEACHER?

Students are most affected by the quality of their teachers.

Not only do they interact with teachers every day in the classroom,
but the quality of that interaction matters for our students’ future.
It is a teacher’s responsibility to in still good values and
ensure that our students achieve academic excellence and be a
productive citizen in the society. To be able to give these to students,
we ourselves as teachers should be at our best quality. So, what are
the qualities we should possess so that we can consider ourselves a
good educator?
 Teachers need to be
able to build trusting
relationships with
students in order to
THE ABILITY TO create a safe, positive,
DEVELOP and productive learning
environment. For
RELATIONSHIPS example, a student in
Boston told us that
WITH THEIR great teachers are
“Willing to listen to
STUDENTS students when there is
a problem.”
 Personality
characteristics
GOOD related to being a
compassionate
PERSONALITY person and having
a sensitivity to
student
differences
 -If his
communication skills
are good, he can
convey his lectures
with better skill and
GOOD results.

COMMUNICATOR -If he is a good

speaker, his class
strength increases
automatically. People
love to hear a person
who can speak well
enough
 -Awareness that
learners have
individual needs
and abilities
KNOWLEDGE -Incorporates knowledge of
the cognitive, social and
OF emotional development of
learners

LEARNERS
-Understanding that
instruction should
be tailored to meet
each learner’s needs
 Dedication refers to
DEDICATION TO a love of teaching or
passion for the
TEACHING work, which
includes
commitment to
students’ success
 - teachers should be
ENGAGE AND able to engage and
motivate students to

MOTIVATE learn (cognitive,

emotional, and
behavioural
STUDENTS IN engagement) by
making content

LEARNING interesting
 Are you a
GOOD
TEACHER?