HOW TO BE A BETTER HOW TO BE A BETTER TEACHERTEACHER

BYBYFUTURE TEACHERS CLUB FUTURE TEACHERS CLUB

DELANO CHAPTERDELANO CHAPTER

HHelp elp SStudents tudents GGet et IInvolvednvolved

Group work Groups competing against each other to

solve problems or writing problems up on the board

Collaboration Allow students to share strategies to solve

problems Make the environment of the classroom

comfortable and enjoyable for the students Make games

HHelp elp SStudents with tudents with EEnglish as a nglish as a SSecond econd

LLanguageanguageExplain vocabulary(teachers should explain words that

are hard in the textbook)Teachers should try to use simple

words.Sometimes accents prevent students

form understanding the language. For example, the teachers could write the words on the board to help them.

CContinued…ontinued… If a teacher doesn’t speak Spanish

or the language that the students speak, ask other students who does to help them.

TTeacherseachers NNeedeed to beto be PPreparedrepared

Make the students realize that you know what you are talking about

Be prepare to answer questions Students expect teachers to teach them

and help them Example of what the teacher should not

do: Teacher starts to do a problem,

cannot finish it, just stops doing it and goes to the other problem

TTeacherseachers SShouldhould be be PPatientatient

Be able to say things in a different wayDo the problems step-by-step without

skipping steps because most of the books miss steps. These may be the important steps to understand the problem

Do not show your frustration to the students.

MMakeake SStudentstudents FFeeeell SSecureecure andand CConfidentonfident in in

thethe CClasslass (all settings)(all settings) Don’t embarrass a student in front of the

class (Never announce personal scores.) Don’t say “You should already know this”

when students ask a question. Create an environment where students

don’t feel intimidated. Be available to studentsIf teachers help students feel confident and

secure, students are more likely to approach them.

WWhat hat SShould hould TTeachers eachers DDo o AAbout bout DDisruptive isruptive SStudents?tudents?

Attempt to motivate students to become involved in the class

Chit-Chat amongst students; ask them if they have a question.

If this don’t work, then try to do the extreme (ask those kind of students to leave)