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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I know people bag teachers all the time, but I am seriously blown away by what it takes to teach today. Teachers in my kids school don't just lecture or give lessons at the board. They are doing small groupings, differentiating, constantly assessing the kids to see gaps in their knowledge, and handling a boat of special education accommodations. I see students sitting on bouncing balls and doing movement breaks and think wow. It's a lot better than when I was a kid.

People don't give enough kudos. [/quote]

+100. Not a job I could do.  Some of the young women who are teachers are amazing in what they are doing in their first job out of school.  Older teachers have been wonderful too but I have been blown away by how much these young people can do so early in their career. [/quote]

The older ones with more experience have been better from what I've seen. My son is in 5th grade. He had a couple of young teachers and they were not as good. Two of them were pretty immature, in my opinion. One of them complained to me that the kids didn't respect her. She yelled at them all the time, used a clip chart, and did all kinds of stuff that embarrassed them in front of their classmates. She was the mean teacher.

Ok, to answer op. An excellent teacher motivates the students, has clear expectations of what is expected of them, is organized, is flexible, doesn't do things that embarrasses anyone, treats students with dignity, has good classroom management skills, has a sense of humor, reads to the class, and yes, smiles at them and deals with disruptive students. Doesn't have to have all of these qualities, but the more the better! We hit the teacher jackpot this year and I have told her how great I think she is. [/quote]

The older ones have a tendency to yell and pretend to be sweet and all smiles when parents and/or the principal are present. My older kid had a young teacher who behaved like you describe but he also had another young teacher who was organized, treated students with dignity, taught without using videos
was calm and had almost no disruptive students in the class. [/quote]

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