role of a teacher

1. As a Manager

2. As a Counsellor

3. As a Motivator

4. As a Leader

5. As a Model

6. As a Public Relations Specialist

7. As a Parent-Surrogate

8. As a Facilitator

9. As an Instructor

LIST ROLES OF A TEACHER

As a Manager

✓ Responsible for the effective management of the class from start to finish

✓ Carries systematic activities throughout the day

✓ Expected to maintain order in the classroom

As a Counsellor

✓ Teachers are expected to respond constructively when problems crop up concerning student behaviour.

✓ Teachers provide guidance and assistance if students experience problems.

As a Motivator

✓ Teachers encourage and motivates learners to study well and behave properly in and outside the classroom.

✓ Teacher is good at motivating learners to make them listen, participate, and understand instructions.

As a Leader

✓ Teacher directs, coaches, supports, and delegates depending on the needs of the situation

✓ To be a good leader, you must be a good follower

As a Model

✓ Teacher should look his best all the time, master his lessons, show interest in the learner’s welfare, show his good behaviour, and include good work and attitudes.

✓ Teacher should be fair in dealing with students and exhibit good judgement when situation calls for it.

As a Public Relations Specialist

✓ Teacher deals with people outside the school with credibility.

✓ Teacher must have a good public relations to make a good name for his school.

As a Parent-Surrogate

✓ In school, the teacher is the parent of the learners.

✓ Adding to main functions of developing the learners intellectually, the teacher is also expected to train the learners socially and emotionally and to look after their physical and mental well-being.

✓ Teacher guarantees that the individual rights of the learners in education and safety is respected

As a Facilitator

✓ The learners must be given the chance to discuss things under the close supervision and monitoring of the teacher.

✓ Teacher prepares guidelines which will serve

as the focus of discussion and activities

As an Instructor

✓ The main function of the teacher is instruction.

✓ Teachers make decisions as to what to teach, what instructional materials to use what method to employ in teaching a particular content, and how best to evaluate the intended learning

a. Professional competence

b. Interpersonal relationship

c. Teaching/ Evaluation practices

d. Availability to students

HALLMARKS OF GOOD TEACHING

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE

PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE

✘ The teacher who enjoys teaching shows genuine

interest in patient and displays confidence in his or

her professional abilities.

✘ The teacher who is creative and stimulating and

can excite student’s interest and can demonstrate

clinical skills with expertise is also valued.

First approach

❖ : Respect learners and care about their concerns

Second approach

❖ : Accept learners as they are, whether or not you

like them

Third approach

❖ : Honest communication contributing to healthy

relationships with learners

Fourth approach

❖ : Clearly identifying the learner’s responsibilities in the learning process

1. taking interest in learners,

2. Being sensitive to their feelings and problems

3. Conveying respect for them

4. Alleviating their anxieties

5. Being accessible for conferences

6. Being fair

7. Permitting learners to express differing point of view

8. Creating an atmosphere in which they feel free to ask questions

9. Conveying sense of warmth

INTERPERSONAL RELATIONSHIP

This skill is demonstrated by:

Teaching practices

- defined as the mechanics, methods, and skills in classroom and clinical teaching

Jacobson (1966)

: defined teaching practices as the mechanics, methods and skills in classroom and clinical teaching.

✗ Teacher’s style

✗ Personality

✗ Personal interest on the subject

✗ Use of variety of teaching strategies

Teaching subject matter in a stimulating way and inspiring learner interest hinge on several factors such as:

✓ stressful clinical situations

✓ physically helping students

✓ giving appropriate amounts of supervision

✓ freely answering questions and;

✓ acting as a resource person during clinical learning experiences.

Allied health science students, expect the instructor to be available to them when needed. This may take the form of being there in the ff:

learning

Defined as a change in behavior that can be

observed or measured and occur anytime as a result

of exposure to a stimuli

✗ Acquisition of knowledge and skills consciously such

that behavior is altered in some way

Barriers

✗ Factors that impede the ability to deliver educational

services

✗ Factors that negatively affect the ability of the

learner to pay attention and process information

passion

humor

commitment

enthusiasm

patience

values & attitude

personal attributes

passion

Passionate teachers exude spontaneity in

ministering to the needs of the students especially

those experiencing learning difficulties.

✓ It drives them to care for their students corrected

with appropriate reformative action.

humor

Humor

✓ Teacher’s humor connects them with their student

like a magnet.

✓ They enjoy as a group, thus promote a spirit of

togetherness.

✓ A clean joke will always elicit rapport in a learning

environment.

Values and Attitude

✓ Values connotes standards, code of ethics and strong beliefs

✓ Teachers are models of values

- open-mindedness

- fairness and impartiality

- sincerity and honesty

Examples of values a teacher is expected are:

Patience

✓ It refers to teacher’s uncomplaining nature, selfcontrol and persistence.

✓ Teachers calmly endure their students’ limitations

and difficulties

Enthusiasm

✓ Refers to eagerness and excitement

✓ Enthusiastic teachers are full of energy and dynamism where students look forward to any activity they participate in with them.

✓ It is an irresistible feeling that intensifies the student’s

momentum to reach a desired goal.

Commitment

✓ A solemn promise to perform the duties and

responsibilities mandated by laws and code of ethics of

the profession.

✓ It is unwavering pledge to perform all teaching and

learning activities with consistency and selflessness to

the best interest of the students under their care.

✓ Committed teachers are caring and dedicated

✘ Use several senses

✘ Actively involve the patients or clients in the learning process

✘ Provide an environment conductive in learning

✘ Assess the extent to which the learner is ready to learn

✘ Determine the perceived relevance of the information

✘ Repeat information

✘ Generalize information

✘ Make learning a pleasant experience

✘ Begin with what is known; move toward with what is unknown

✘ Present information at an appropriate rat

WAYS TO MOTIVATE LEARNERS