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7 Essential Core Teaching Strategies To Make You a Great Teacher

By: Honey Krumholz At times, teachers may feel inundated with theories, methodologies, teaching strategies, etc.etc.etc.
Please keep in mind that this is your class, your students and only YOU know your own limits.
As I have told my student teachers, and new or inexperienced teachers that I have mentored; observe, if you can, different teachers and take note of their teaching strategies and read about advice that experienced teachers have written. Then, decide which strategies are best and which fit your teaching style with your students.
There are 7 essential "Core Teaching Strategies" that I would like to pass on to you. For 33 years during my teaching career, these strategies have proved invaluable to me.
1. Effective Classroom Management is the #1 key for a successful lesson, day, week, month and year.
Classroom Management covers a wide range of topics from classroom discipline and behavior management to communication strategies both verbal and non-verbal to classroom rules including classroom time management. Implement some of the strategies behind these topics and you'll be on your way to a successful teaching career.
2. Understand your students, their strengths and weaknesses and know what you can expect from each one of them. Connect with them and they will connect with you.
3. Motivate and encourage your students to set some goals for themselves, then help them to reach their goals and move on to a new set of goals.
4. Create a Strong Teacher Student Relationship. Trust must be earned, show respect, be honest, display compassion, and always be positive. Let students know that they matter to you and hopefully they will follow suit. All this will build self-esteem in your students!
5. Maintaining a communication dialogue with parents is very important. You are responsible for and accountable to your students so you must be professional, ready to meet and discuss any situation with parents. In some cases this will require a fair bit of tact and diplomacy on your part. On the other hand parents must respect you and your efforts as well.
6. Be Accountable ... You are responsible to your students (foremost), their parents, your school, and of course, to yourself. This is an on-going process every day, week, and month of the school year. It is imperative that you always keep that in mind.
7. To be truly successful in this great profession, you must have a real passion for it. A passion to have fun with your students, pass on your knowledge to them and watch them grow throughout the year(s).
As you progress and gain experience in our great profession, I know that you will realize that using the teaching strategies that I have briefly described here will make you a better teacher. Incorporate them into your daily routines and both you and your students will greatly benefit.
Try These Strategies and Have Fun!

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Honey Krumholz has taught for 33 years. She is presently a college supervisor and mentor to student teachers. She presents seminars on her teaching strategies at York University in Toronto. Visit her website and get her examples of non verbal communication strategies or more details on her 7 core teaching strategies

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