The Kind of Teacher I want to be.

I am studying to become a teacher. Because I am almost finishing my bachelor, I have started to think seriously about what kind of teacher I want to be. As I think about this, five words came into my mind. Those five words are: passion, professional, flexible, style and humor. Although all of these five are very important I consider that having passion is the most important of all.

It doesn’t matter what my job is, if I’m not passionate about it I would not be able to do a great job. I know I have to be passionate about being a teacher, because this is not an easy job, and if I’m not passionate about it, well I can say now that this job then isn’t for me. I am really passionate about being a teacher and I just can’t wait to start working at this. I believe that if I’m not passionate about this job, I couldn’t get to be all of the other 4 characteristics that I mentioned before. Other thing about being a teacher is to always be a professional.

As I said before this job is not as easy as many people might think it is, and that’s why I, teacher to be, need to be professional at all circumstances. At school I’m going to confront many situations, not only with the students, but also with their parents, my colleagues and the community. I know that I will not only be a teacher, the one who is in charge of those students’ education, but that I am also a human being and I have to respect others and care for others’ needs. I will not only teach and care for my students, but also I will collaborate in all I can. This is why I have to be flexible too.

As a teacher, I should be flexible when teaching and helping others. A teacher must be flexible when teaching, and must not be rigid or to stick always to their agenda. This is because the teacher’s plan not always has the positive results that he/she wanted it to have, and it should be rearranged to a better one which the students can learn. I also need to have in mind that not all students will learn at the same rhythm, and that I should take the time to teach to those students that learn slower. The way that a teacher gives the class, arrange the classroom, and rearrange his/her teaching methods is the teacher’s style.

The teacher style is very important in the teaching/learning process because sometimes the student’s learning will depend on how stylish the teacher is when she/he is teaching. It is obvious that the students will be attending more to a teacher who is active, fun, and the one who changes constantly the activities in the classroom in order to gain their attention. I can’t also forget that as a teacher I have to also have at least a little of humor to add to my class to make it a fun experience, not only to the students but for myself.

I have to admit that humor is not one of my strong skills at working. Of all characteristic I mentioned before of what I want to be when I become a teacher, this is the one that I need to work on the most. I have always being serious about all jobs that I had, but teaching is a job where kids are involved and I need to have sense of humor, as a teacher to be. I think that in this way the teaching/learning experience with humor will be a gratificant one for both the students and myself. Little things like these are the ones that makes me feel complete because I will not only be satisfied professionally about doing right my job, but with this I will also be satisfied in a personal level, because I have to admit that not only the students needs and learns from a teacher, but the teacher also learns from the students and needs of others too.

Finally, I want to have all of these characteristics when I become a teacher. I’ve realized that every single one of these characteristics are very important. These characteristics will not only make of me a good teacher, but they will also make me an excellent human being.