What are Good Teachers Really Like

As a parent, it’s obviously really important to you that your child’s teachers are as good as possible because that is going to help ensure your child gets the best education they can. And that, of course, in turn, means that your children will have a much better start in life, which is really important too. But how can you know whether the teachers at your child’s school are good or not? You might only rarely get in touch with them, but there are some qualities you can look out for here.

In this post, we are going to look at what good teachers are really like, so you can hopefully know whether or not your child has such teachers in their school. Let’s look now at some of the qualities that are likely to be particularly important on that front.

Patient

This is perhaps one of the main qualities that a teacher needs to have if they are going to be a good teacher and to keep the kids’ education as strong as possible. With a lot of patience, a teacher is going to find it so much easier to look after children and to care for them, while also bringing their best selves to the job. Of course, it’s not always immediately obvious whether or not a teacher is patient, but if they are then that is going to help a lot.

Your children will definitely find that this is important, and it’s going to be the kind of thing that they probably pick up on more than you might assume. So you’ll definitely want to know that your child’s teachers are as patient as you would hope.

Skilled

Of course, it’s also great if a teacher actually has the relevant skills for being a teacher, and that will hopefully include having skills in the specific areas that they are teaching in. At least having those talents is going to help them to be better teachers, and you will probably find that it means your children are much more encouraged in those particular things. It also just means that you can expect a much better level of education for your child in general, of course.

Then on top of that, you would also hope for skills to do with teaching specifically, as well as the subjects that are being taught. Teaching in its own right is also a skill, so that is of course the main one that you will hope for here. As long as your child’s teachers display this kind of skill, it’s going to mean that your child is much more likely to have the quality of education that you would want for them.

Safety-Conscious

School is mostly a safe place, or at least it really should be. If you cannot expect your kids to be safe at school, where can you expect them to be safe? For this reason, it’s important that your child has safety-conscious teachers, who will have a strong focus on keeping everyone as safe as possible. As long as that is the case, you will find that your child is going to be safer but also feel safer, and that might well work towards improving their feelings and attitude around schooling and education too.

So what are some of the signs that a teacher is genuinely safety-conscious? For one, the classroom will be set up in such a way that all the normal, basic health and safety rules are being followed, so as long as that is the case, you can be sure that you are going to have a safer child. There are other signs as well. For instance, it’s always good when you know that at least some of the teachers at the school have gone through a CPR for teachers training program. Those are the kinds of things you’ll find that help you to feel a lot better about your child being at school.

The safer your child is, the better, so this is definitely something you want from the teachers as much as possible.

Motivational

If you were to think about it, you would probably say that you want your children to feel motivated at school. Having a strong motivation can mean that they do better in the subjects themselves, but also that they are more likely to do well in the future in a number of ways too. All in all, motivational teachers can help with that, so you will definitely want your kids to have teachers who are like that.

Again, it can be hard to know whether or not this is the case, but it’s a good sign if your children are coming home full of energy and feeling excited about various things, especially if their eyes are lighting up around certain subjects. It’s hugely important that this is happening, and it’s one of the most important and powerful things that a decent education can provide, so you will definitely want there to be teachers like this as much as possible.

Communicative

It’s hard to teach without communication, of course, so a good teacher is also a good communicator. That includes not only the communication that they carry out with their students but also with the parents. This is a good indicator of a teacher that you will feel you can easily trust, so it’s the kind of thing that you are certainly going to be happy for. It will indicate a good all-round attitude that is likely to benefit your child considerably too.

If you think that your child’s teachers are not that communicative, on the other hand, it can be a worry, because they might not be getting the education that they deserve. So again this is an essential quality that you will want to find in anyone who has anything to do with your child’s ongoing education.

Kind

There is a lot of room for kindness in the role of a teacher. As long as a teacher is able to bring a lot of kindness to the classroom, you will generally find that this makes things so much easier in terms of your child being able to learn well. When there is a lack of kindness or a lack of compassion, it means that the classroom is a less salubrious place, and the knock-on effect of that on your child’s future can be considerable.

You can usually tell quite easily whether someone is kind enough, and the PTA nights are a good chance to find this out. So you should definitely make sure to look out for this quality in any teachers you meet too. That is going to help you a lot when it comes to hoping for the best education for your child.

Those are just the main things that you will want to find in the people who teach your children. As long as these qualities are there, you are going to be able to trust the education that your children are receiving, and you will feel a lot more confident in their future as a whole too.