TEN TRAITS of HIGHLY EFFECTIVE TEACHERS

PERSONAL TRAITS THAT INDICATE CHARACTER: WHAT A TEACHER IS

Mission Driven and Passionate

Trait One The effective teacher is mission-driven, feeling a call to teach as well as a passion to help students learn and grow.

Positive and Real

Trait Two The highly effective teacher is positive and real, demonstrating the qualities of caring, empathy, respect, and fairness in relationships with students, parents, and colleagues.

A TEACHER-LEADER
Trait Three The highly effective teacher is a teacherleader who positively affects the lives of students, parents, and colleagues.

TEACHING TRAITS THAT GET RESULTS: WHAT A TEACHER DOES

WITH-IT-NESS
Trait Four The highly effective teacher demonstrates with-it-ness the state of being on top of, tuned in to, aware of, and in complete control of three critical facets of classroom life:
1. The management and organization of the classroom. 2. The engagement of students. 3. The management of time.

STYLE
Trait Five The effective teacher exhibits his or her own unique style, bringing drama, enthusiasm, liveliness, humor, charisma, creativity, and novelty to his or her teaching.

MOTIVATIONAL EXPERTISE
Trait Six The highly effective teacher is a motivator par excellence who believes in his or her own ability to make a difference in the lives of students and relentlessly presses and pursues students to maintain the highest possible behavioral and academic standards.

INSTRUCTIONAL EFFECTIVENESS
Trait Seven The highly effective teacher is an instructional virtuoso: a skilled communicator with a repertoire of essential abilities, behaviors, models, and principles that lead all students to learning.

INTELLECTUAL TRAITS THAT DEMONSTRATE KNOWLEDGE, CURIOSITY, AND AWARENESS

BOOK LEARNING
Trait Eight The highly effective teacher has a sound knowledge of content (the structure of the discipline) and outcomes ( what the school, district, or state has determined is essential for students to know).

STREET SMARTS
Trait Nine The highly effective teacher has knowledge of the students, the school, and the community in which he or she is teaching and uses this knowledge to solve problems in the instructional setting.

A MENTAL LIFE
Trait Ten The highly effective teacher has a substantive thought life that includes the abilities to be the following:

1. Metacognitive: able to read ones own mental state and then assess how the state will affect ones present and future performance. 2. Strategic: able to think aloud and model strategic learning for students. 3. Reflective: able to think about personal teaching behaviors for the purposes of selfgrowth. 4. Communicative: able to articulate ideas, issues, beliefs, and values about the act of teaching with colleagues, students, and parents. 5. Responsive: able to flex to the changing needs and demands of the profession.

Based on : 10 Traits of Highly Effective Teachers How to Hire, Coach, and Mentor Successful Teachers By: Elaine K. McEwan