Discover 7 Core Teaching Strategies To Become a Terrific Teacher
October 15, 2008
Teachers sometimes feel overwhelmed with different teaching strategies and teaching methods that they have come across.
Please remember that since these are your students and this is your classroom, you are in control of the rules.
As I have told my student teachers, and new or inexperienced teachers that I have mentored; observe, if you can, different teachers and take note of their teaching strategies and read about advice that experienced teachers have written. Then, decide which strategies are best and which fit your teaching style with your students.
There are 7 essential “Core Teaching Strategies” that I would like to pass on to you. For 33 years during my teaching career, these strategies have proved invaluable to me.
1. Classroom Management is the most critical teaching strategy. Learn to apply the some of the teaching strategies that fall with this broad topic and you’ll find teaching success throughout your teaching career.
Classroom Management covers a wide range of topics from classroom discipline and behavior management to communication strategies both verbal and non-verbal to classroom rules including classroom time management. Implement some of the strategies behind these topics and you’ll be on your way to a successful teaching career.
2. Understand your students, their strengths and weaknesses and know what you can expect from each one of them. Connect with them and they will connect with you.
3. Continually Encourage and Motivate. Have your students set their own goals, helping them to attain them and then strive for new ones.
4. A productive teacher student relationship is so vital to having a successful school year. You must respect, care about and show concern for the development of their students.Teachers that create a positive learning environment and show that they care are most likely to have their students reciprocate and show respect for them and their fellow classmates.
5. Parent Teacher Communication is Crucial. Keep in mind to consistently be approachable, informed, diplomatic and always professional (even if parents are more like friends to you). Remember parents must be accountable to their child, themselves, and believe it or not … to you too.
6. Teachers need to show accountability primarily towards their students. But they are also accountable to parents, their school and themselves to provide their best effort every day throughout the year.
7. Teaching is “the best profession ever” if you have a real passion for it. Show your love for what you do, have FUN with your students and you will all benefit and learn from your experiences.
Digest these teaching strategies, play around with them, and implement those that fit your style of teaching. I truly hope that following these strategies will help you out and will make your life a little easier.
Good Luck with These Strategies!
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