HAPPY TEACHERS DAY


First kindly read some thoughts of great thinkers


A good teacher is like a candle - it consumes itself to light the way for others. --Author Unknown

Good teachers are costly, but bad teachers cost more. --Bob Talbert

The true teacher defends his pupils against his own personal influence. He inspires self-distrust. He guides their eyes from himself to the spirit that quickens him. He will have no disciple. --Amos Bronson Alcott

Teaching is leaving a vestige of one self in the development of another. And surely the student is a bank where you can deposit your most precious treasures. --Eugene P. Bertin

The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires. --William Arthur Ward

A teacher's purpose is not to create students in his own image, but to develop students who can create their own image. --Author Unknown

What the teacher is, is more important than what he teaches. --Karl Menningervv

The dream begins with a teacher who believes in you, who tugs and pushes and leads you to the next plateau, sometimes poking you with a sharp stick called "truth." --Dan Rather

In teaching you cannot see the fruit of a day's work. It is invisible and remains so, maybe for twenty years. --Jacques Barzun

Teaching is the profession that teaches all the other professions. --Author Unknown

The best teachers teach from the heart, not from the book. --Author Unknown

"A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops." --Henry Brooks Adams

"Teachers, I believe, are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth." --Helen Caldicott, author and peace activist

Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher." --Japanese proverb

"The whole art of teaching is only the art of awakening the natural curiosity of young minds for the purpose of satisfying it afterwards." --Anatole France

Those who educate children well are more to be honored than parents, for these only gave life, those the art of living well. --Aristotle

A gifted teacher is as rare as a gifted doctor, and makes far less money --Author unknown





After reading above quotes lets discuss the duties of a teacher




1. KNOWLEDGE OF SUBJECT MATTER


2. INSTRUCTIONAL COMPETENCE
A. Communication skills (use of age-appropriate vocabulary, examples, inflection, body language)
B. Management skills
a. Management of (classroom) process, including discipline
b. Management of (individual student’s educational) progress
c. Management of emergencies (fire, tornado, earthquake, flood, stroke, violent attack)
C. Course construction and improvement skills
a. Course planning
b. Selection and creation of materials
c. Use of special resources
i. Local sites
ii. Media
iii. Specialists
d. Evaluation of the course, teaching, materials, and curriculum

3. ASSESSMENT COMPETENCE
A. Knowledge about student assessment options
B. Test construction and administration skills
C. Grading, ranking, scoring practices
a. Process (doing it correctly, i.e., using scoring keys, blind scoring)
b. Output (the results meet appropriate standards, e.g., (usually) not all As or all Fs)
D. Recording and reporting student achievement
a. Knowledge about options and obligations in reporting achievement
b. Good reporting process (to students, administrators, parents, authorized others)

4. PROFESSIONALISM
A. Professional ethics
B. Professional attitude
C. Professional development
D. Service to the profession (some but not each of the following)
a. Knowledge about the profession
b. Helping beginners and peers
c. Working for professional organizationsd. Research on teaching
E. Knowledge of duties
F. Knowledge about the school and its community

5. Understanding her students personality and customize according to her demands.


Finally

A teacher influences a students life ,she has to be really cautious at every time and has to nuture future out of her students.
My message to fellow teachers is to never forget this aspect and gear up futher to experiment more and more in this field.

Now I think we will really feel strong while wishing

Happy Teachers Day