how to become a good teacher<3

to become a good teacher you have to have the passion to work with kids. you need to understand each individual in their own way. you should want the children to benefit off your teaching. make lessons that will catch their attention, get them to want to learn. let them have enjoyment in learning. always keep in the back of your mind the memory of being a student. what did you think the perfect teacher was like? what kind of teacher would you have listened to? how did you feel about learning? what made you want to learn? ask yourself those few questions and let them guide you through teaching. be creative! don't always follow the same path make you class interesting/ exciting. always look outside the box. let the students show you what they are interested in and put that into a lesson plan. just talking in front of the class writing down 4 pages of notes wont be as effective as hands on lessons. yes the children are listening or maybe there not. if you ask them to come up to the board or demonstrate something for you and the class it will help them understand what is going on better and you will also know who is paying attention or who gets it and who doesn't. these ideas wont just help you become a better teacher but it will help the children learn more as well (and isn't that what teaching is all about? helping children learn?).