1. Positive Characteristics of Effective Teachers/Trainers
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2. The most successful teachers/trainers share the following common characteristics:
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3. Caring To feel concern To feel love or a liking for To look after
To provide for
To attend to
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4. Cheerful Full of cheer Joyful Bright Attractive Willing and ready
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5. Consistent In agreement In harmony Compatible
Holding to the same principles
Holding to the same practice
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6. Dedicated Devoted Faithful To devote to
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7. Empathetic To show empathy
(the ability to share in another’s emotions, thoughts, or feelings)
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8. Encouraging To give courage to To give hope to To give confidence in
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9. Fair Just Honest According to the rules
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10. Firm Fixed Steady Strong
Viewing students and learners as responsible and holding them accountable for their actions or inactions
(Just kidding!)
(It looks more like this…)
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11. “Coaching” Skills To instruct and train effectively
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12. Effective Communication Skills
A transmitting
A giving of information
An exchange of information
To have a meaningful relationship
An effective means of communicating
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13. Good Sense of Humor An ability to understand humorous situations
Have the ability to laugh at themselves
Have the ability to laugh with, not at, others
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14. Helpful To make things better for To make things easier for
To give aid
To be useful
To serve
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15. High Expectations An expecting An anticipation
A thing looked forward to
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16. Learners One who is obtaining knowledge or a skill from
One who is studying
One who is experiencing
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17. Positive Attitude
An act, behavior, manner, or posture showing an agreeable, likeable disposition, opinion, personality
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18. Resourceful
Having the ability to find and use a variety of resources and materials in order to educate others
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19. Role Model A person that is both effective and inspiring…
so much that they serve as a model for others to emulate and respect
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20. Understanding To have a sympathetic rapport with
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21. After viewing the slides, which traits do you have
After viewing the slides, which traits do you have? Which ones do you need to work on?
Teachers and trainers who possess a majority of these characteristics create classroom environments conducive to higher achievement and increased motivation from the learners.
Good instruction and management go hand-in-hand.
Give it your absolute best!
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