Professional Teacher of Today
Even though there are several aspects of ancient Indian education that could be adopted in modern education, if you want to be a professional teacher today, you
will be required to learn and master different skills and imbibe different qualities, and try to portray them in your interaction with others. Following are some of the characteristics that a teacher today needs to acquire and develop:
*Open and positive - think positively- encourage others also to be positive.
*Communicative - share ideas with others encouraging effective
communication.
*Listener - to students in an empathetic manner.
*Dependable – honest, open and authentic in working with others.
*Personable – establish and maintain positive mutual working relationships while building trust and appreciation through personal interaction and involvement.
*Organized – systematic, working in a planned manner
*Self-confident and poised, encourage students to develop a positive self-
concept.
*Motivated - enthusiastic with standards and expectations
*Constructive - in thoughts actions.
*Compassionate - caring, empathetic and able to respond to people at a feeling.
level. Open with personal thoughts and feelings, encouraging others to do so.
*Individually perceptive - sees each student as a unique and valuable individual.
*Value based - focuses upon the worth and dignity of human beings.
*Sensitive to community values.
*Knowledgeable - is in a constant quest for knowledge.
*Creative - versatile, innovative, and open to new ideas.
*Patient – strives to be highly fair and objecive.
*Committed — to students and the profession.
A professional teacher needs to be confident without being arrogant. Interaction
with the group needs professional standards of behaviour: polite, firm and fair.
Proper preparation is another crucial requirement of professionalism. When you
enter the classroom, you should have all the required materials and the lesson plan ready.
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