What Makes a Good Teacher?

August 17, 2011 @ 5:15 PM 3 Comments      

What are your expectations of a good teacher? What do I need to do to make this a great year for you?

 

Tell me about the best teacher you’ve ever had. What made that person such a good teacher?

 

Tell me about how you learn best. Give me an example of a project or unit where you learned a lot. Describe the project in as much detail as possible.

 

What else do you think I should know that would help this year be the best for you?

3 Comments

  1. Jessica V Allen (@jessievaz12)
    Mr Ferrell,
    While you don’t know me directly, I saw your post on Twitter and wanted to give you a comment directly. This blog is an excellent example of how a teacher can use simple technology to make a lasting and important impact in the education of our students. Great work so far on what you are doing with the blog and I will be returning to see what other interesting challenges and questions you post to your students!
    @jessievaz12
  2. Helen McLean
    Hi Mr. Ferrell,
    Your students comments on what makes a great teacher provide me with incentive and motivation for our faculty. I am the principal at a Saint Andrew School in Drexel Hill, PA. It is my firm belief that educators share a passion for learning, as well as a love of children. So much of what we do relies on the relationships that we build with our students. Many of the comments I read attest to that. Thanks for sharing your students’ insights. We will learn from them!

    Best wishes for an wonderful school year.
    Helen (@sashmclean)
  3. Caitlyn Grow
    I think a good teacher should love kids

    My favorite teacher would have to be my 5th grade teacher Mrs. Swain i like her because she understood me the best

    I learn best in complete silece it has to be silent or I cant concentrate.

    One of my prjects was in social studies we were talking about suberds and plains my teacher said we had to draw a picture of both of them and explain how they are diffrent. I really learned alot and had so much fun.

    I think you could help your students by giving them educational fun activites to do. Dont let them get bored but make sure they learn!

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