Teacher Effectiveness

The true value of a teacher, at any level in any type of education setting, can never be measured. For all of the so called state and local ways of evaluating teachers, one thing remains unchanged and that is that effective teaching has at its core teacher persoanl qualities.

Teachers who genuinely display compassion, the ability to relate to students, kindness, thoughtfulness, caring, empathy, a sense of humor and being approachable are those who can inspire students to learn. The very best teachers demonstrate their concern for the growth of their students.

The above isn't a complete list, by any means, of those attributes of successful teachers but they are part of the core of what makes one a memorable and effective instructor.

I long for the day that people in all walks of life stop thinking that meauring the quality of a teacher is merely a matter of some type of prescriptive formula.

Dick