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Our Suggestions for Teachers

Suggestive Teaching Styles

We all agreed on what we thought makes a good teacher. In the list below is what we thought a good teacher should be like:

Good Teachers

1. Enthusiastic

2. Knowledgeable

3. Reviews for tests

4. Well-rounded

5. Treats students like his/her own children

6. Genuine concern for students

7. Entertaining

8. Relates to students

9. Down to earth

10. Study groups

11. Extra effort to learn material

12. Expectations to succeed

13. Help reach goals

14. Good explanations in class

15. Hands on experiments and projects

16. Practice Grammar Sheets

17. Field trips

18. Acting (Shakespeare) in class

19. In writing class- choose

20. Teachers who do meaningful work, not busy work

21. Must be able to communicate with student's topics

We all agreed on what a teacher shouldn't be like. And in the list below is what we thought.

Bad Teachers

1. Moves either too quickly or too slowly with material

2. Not prepared

3. Compares students to family and peers

4. Negative Reinforcement

5. Insults students

6. Lesson plans that do not include enough time to learn and review

7. Don't let students be independent

8. Don't show an interest in student's success

9. Doesn't address questions

10. Inaccessible teachers

11. Boring teachers

12. Ignores students who are offering information

13. Teachers fail to discuss books in class

14. Low expectations

15. Cursing

16. Rude and obnoxious