The Teachers Personal Attributes

Basically means traits that make up your personality, which define who you are as a person.

1. THE TEACHER Report in Educ.104 (Principles of Learning 1)      Submitted to: Dr . Wilfreda G. Arones     Submitted by: CHLOE FAYE F. PEŇASCOSA BEED 2-A

2. Good Morning Everyone !

3. THE TEACHER

4. PERSONAL ATTRIBUTES Basically means traits that make up your personality, which define who you are as a person. For example these could be personal attributes to describe someone: outgoing, extrovert, open. They are important because they are what makes you who you are, what other people find in you that they may like or dislike.

5. is the sum of one’s personal characteristics. It is one’s identity. i s the particular combination of emotional, attitudinal, and behavioral response patterns of an individual. PERSONALITY

6. Teachers are judged more strictly than other professionals. The personality they project determines the impressions they make upon students and colleagues. Their poise, bearing, manner of dressing and facial expression have an impact on their interaction with students.

7. Personalities may be described as authoritarian, weak, dynamic, or “magnetic”. Teachers’ personality must be natural and genuine, that is, devoid of pretenses and artificiality. They must be consistent, true and authentic.

8. Some Outstanding P ersonal Q ualities that Never F ail to Win their Flock are Worth M entioning:

9. PASSION

10. Passion for teaching is a compelling force that emerges from teachers’ love for children. A person should enter the teaching profession they must first have a love of learning and be willing to share this passion with students. They need to truly enjoy working with a particular age group of children. Passion does not die nor diminish. Their passion for teaching make them feel they “ will live and die a teacher ”.

11. HUMOR

12. A teacher should be expected to have a sense of humor. Teachers’ humor connects them with their students like a magnet. They help in merging two worlds –youth and maturity. When they laugh together, young and old, teachers and students, they cease to be conscious of their age difference. They enjoy as a group, thus promote a spirit of togetherness. A clean joke will always elicit rapport in a learning environment.

13. VALUES AND ATTITUDE

14. As a teacher you must create a good values and right attitude towards your work and towards your student. Teachers are models of values. Whether conscious of them or not, values are exhibited implicitly and explicitly. Values connote standards, code of ethics and strong belief

15. Open-mindedness . Is receptiveness to new ideas. According to Tjosvold & Poon, it is the way in which people approach the views and knowledge of others and “ incorporate the beliefs that others should be free to express their views and that the value of others knowledge should be recognized ”.

16. Fairness and Impartiality . Fairness and impartiality in treating students eliminate discrimination. Teachers must be unbiased and objective in judging their work and performance. Avoid preferential considerations that result to negative response and indifference. Objective evaluations are easily accepted and gratefully acknowledged. Fairness inculcates self-confidence and trust among students.

17. Sincerity and Honesty . Are values exhibited in words and actions. Teachers interact with students every minute. Their mannerisms, habits and speech are watched and at times imitated. Therefore teachers must show their real self, devoid of pretenses and half-truths. Sincerity dictates that they stick to the truth, to the extend of accepting what they so not know about the lesson. Sincerity and honesty are taken as openness in dealing with others.

18. Is highly treasured in the teaching profession. Teachers are adjudged professional if they are knowledgeable, skilled and value-laden. In addition to competence in teaching, they must have internalized the edicts of the profession, thus exhibit ethical and moral conduct. Professionalism.

19. PATIENCE

20. In teaching, patience refers to a teacher’s uncomplaining nature, self-control and persistence. Patient teachers can forego momentous frustrations and disappointments. Instead they calmly endure their students’ limitations and difficulties.

21. ENTHUSIASM

22. Enthusiastic teachers are full of energy and dynamism. Their passion and love for children are easily felt. Everyone anticipates an interesting and enjoyable learning activity. Unfortunately, not all teachers are born with an alert and zestful disposition. With enthusiastic teachers, students look forward to any activity they can participate in with them. Enthusiastic is a gift. It is contagious and can instantly affect children’s mood. It connects teachers to parents.

23. COMMITMENT

24. It is a “ solemn promise ” to perform the duties and responsibilities mandated by the laws and code of ethics of the profession. Teacher commitment is a key factor influencing the teaching-learning process. It is the psychological identification of the individual teacher with the school and the subject matter or goals, and the intention of the teacher to maintain organizational membership and become involved in the job well beyond personal interest.

25. According to this view, the higher the teacher’s psychological identification is, the higher his or her sense of commitment will be.

26. THREE NATURES OF COMMITMENT

27. is the teacher’s positive emotional attachment to the school for the learning of the students. A teacher who is affectively committed strongly identifies with the goals of the school and desires to remain a part of it. This teacher commits to the school because he/she want to. Affective Commitment.

28. is the teacher’s perceived obligation to remain the school or stay because of the feelings of obligation. The employee stays with the organization because he/she ought to. Normative Commitment.

29. the teacher commits to the school because he/she perceives high costs of losing the job, including economic costs and social cost that would be incurred. The employee remains a member of the organization because he/she ha to. Continuance Commitment.

30. THE NATIONAL COMPETENCY-BASED TEACHER STANDARDS

31. Competency-based means that the standards of criteria for characterizing good teaching are defined in terms of what the teacher is competent to so. So instead of defining good teaching practice in terms of the teacher’s credentials, LET scores, grades in graduate school, degrees, personality traits, and so on, we look at what the teacher can do competently. In NCBTS, good teaching is being defined in terms of those practices that help students learn better. It is concerned with whether teachers are competent in helping students learn.

32. THE SEVEN DOMAINS OF NCBTS

33. Social Regard for Learning. Focuses on the ideal that teachers serve as positive and powerful role models of the values of the pursuit of learning and of the effort to learn, and the teachers actions, statements, and different types of social interactions with students exemplify this ideal.

34. Learning Environment. Focuses on the importance of providing for a social and physical environment within which all students, regardless of their individual differences in learning, can engage the different learning activities and work towards attaining high standards of learning.

35. Diversity of Learners. Emphasizes the ideal that teachers can facilitate the learning process in diverse types of learners, by first recognizing and respecting individual differences, then using knowledge about students can attain appropriate learning goals.

36. Curriculum. Refers to all elements of the teaching-learning process that work in convergence to help students attain high standards of learning and understanding of the curricular goals and objectives. This elements include the teacher’s knowledge of subject matter, teaching learning approaches and activities, instructional materials and learning resources.

37. Planning, Assessing & Reporting. Refers to the aligned use of assessment and planning activities to ensure that the teaching-learning activities are maximally appropriate to the students’ current knowledge and learning levels.

38. Community Linkages. Focuses on the ideal that school activities are meaningfully linked to the experiences and aspirations of the students in their homes and communities. Thus the domain focuses on teachers’ efforts directed at strengthening the links between school and community activities, particularly as these link help in the attainment of the curricular objectives.

39. Personal Growth Professional Development. Emphasizes the ideal that teachers value having a high personal regard, concern for professional development, and continuous improvement as teachers.

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