A Great Teacher

What does it mean to be a great teacher?

Of course credentials, knowledge, critical thinking, and all
other faculties of intelligence are important.

However, a great teacher should be much more
than credentials, experience and intelligence.
What lies in the heart of a great teacher?

You are kind:

a great teacher shows kindness to
students, colleagues, parents and those around
her/him. My favourite saying is “kindness makes
the world go around”. It truly changes the
environment in the classroom and school.
Being a
kind teacher helps students feel welcomed, cared
for and loved.

You are compassionate:

Teaching is a very
humanistic profession, and compassion is the
utmost feeling of understanding, and showing
others you are concerned about them. A
compassionate teacher models that characteristic
to the students with her/his actions, and as a
result students will be more open to
understanding the world around them.

You are empathetic:

Empathy is such an
important trait to have and to try to develop in
ourselves and our students. Being able to put
yourself in someone’s shoes and see things from
their perspective can have such a powerful impact
on our decisions and actions.

You are positive:

Being a positive person, is not
an easy task. Being a positive teacher is even
harder when we’re always met with problems with
very limited solutions. However, staying positive
when it’s tough can have such a tremendous
positive impact on the students and everyone
around us. Looking on the bright side always
seems to help make things better.

You are a builder:

A great teacher bridges gaps
and builds relationships, friendships, and a
community. Teachers always look to make things
better and improve things in and outside of the
classroom. Building a community is something a
great teacher seeks to do in the classroom and
extends that to the entire school and its
community.

You inspire:

Everyone looks at a great teacher and
they want to be a better teacher, they want to be
a better student, even better, they want to be a
better person. A great teacher uncovers hidden
treasures, possibilities and magic right before
everyone’s eyes.

Tired of my job

Life itself sometimes is tiring, work life is a segment of life as a whole.

Work add value to everyday life, it makes us look forward to the next day, pour out our energy and unleashes our potential, above all we have a sense of fulfillment afterwards

But just be encouraged to always have a POSITIVE ATTITUDE to your job.

So pls HAVE…. 

Have peace enough to press on.

Have hope enough to keep your heart looking forward.

Have strength enough to battle obstacles and overcome them.

Have commitment enough to not give up too soon.

Have patience enough to let faith complete its work in you.

Have fun enough to enjoy every aspect of life.

Have love enough to give to those who deserve it the least but need it the most.

Have focus enough to say “no” to many good ideas.

Have forgiveness enough to never end the day hating someone.

Have honesty enough to never have to remember what you said.

Have character enough to do in the light what you would do in the dark.

Have gratitude enough to say “thank God” and “thank you” for the small things.

Have purpose enough to know why not just how.

Have perseverance enough to run the entire race that is set out before you.

Have responsibility enough to be the most dependable person you know. 

Have kindness enough to forgive and forget.

Have devotion enough to do the right things on a daily basis.

Have courage enough to face and fight any opposition to what you know is right.

Have expectancy enough to be on the lookout for opportunities everyday.

Have obedience enough to do what is right without thinking twice.

Have direction enough to know when and where to go.

Have knowledge enough to have your mind continually educated.

Have credibility enough to cause others to want to work together with you.

Have generosity enough to give before being asked.

Have compassion enough to be moved by the need of others.

Have loyalty enough to be committed to others.

Succeeding at your job requires: 

 EMPATHY: Show consideration for other people’s situation, needs, feeling and perception. Try to understand what it’s like to walk in their shoes. 

By doing this you increase their motivation, improve the working environment and raise the productivity level. “Clothe yourself with compassion, kindness, humility, gentleness and practice. You are supposed to wear these qualities to work every day.”

 FLEXIBILTY: It’s the capacity to adapt, adjust and advance. In an environment driven by economic difficulty and downsizing, rigid and reactive employees are often the first to be made redundant or fired. Learn “to roll with the punches”. Paul did that. “I have learned to be content whatever the circumstances….in any and every situation…. I can do everything through him who gives me strength” (Philippians 4:11-13 NIV).

 When the winds of change blow, flexible people bend rather than break. They live to stand again and even get promoted HUMOR: Start seeing yourself and the world around you with a sense of enjoyment. Refuse to take yourself too seriously. Look for the humor hidden in life’s serious moments and you’ll find it. 

People who are dispensers of misery just drag everybody down. God’s Words says: “A Cheerful disposition is good for your health…..”(Proverbs 17: 22)... A cheerful heart is good medicine (vs 22 NIV). A good sense of humor improves things and makes the workplace better for everybody.