” 1. Create good communication and respect
A teacher must recognize his or her students as equals and not children. Do not insult our intelligence.
2. Be prepared and organized
Be sure that you are ready for upcoming events. If there’s an assembly or earthquake drill or something and class is cut short, don’t let the next month’s schedule be postponed.
3. Be clear
As hard as it must be with all the important news in the world, try to stay on one subject at a time. This works best when you do what was planned in the first place. This also includes homework instructions. We usually get creative with homework if you aren’t specific.
4. Make it entertaining
Rather than giving chapter reviews and other boring work, allow student to work in groups and present their answers to the class. We develop so many more skills. My English teacher is always prepared with fun, interesting work. Every few days, when we read a short story we have a group project to do, which I enjoy. Every one is talented in their own way which reflected in the project. This is an honors class so it differs from a regular class, but I don’t think it should.
5. Interact with students
Don’t just sit behind the desk all day and exercise your mouths! Move around the room and be Galileo or King Charles.
My French teacher is a great one for interacting. If she says a word in French and notices our blank faces, she’ll act out what she wants us to understand. Although she can trail off a subject once in a while, the new subject of our conversation relates to what we’re learning. And we’re not taking notes at the time so we don’t get confused. Despite our incredibly old, beat-up books we learn a great deal. She also tries to improve our English skills. If any of us speaks improperly like saying “I didn’t do nothing,” she makes us pay 10 cents (supposedly) or orders us to bring cookies for the whole class.””