Good and Great Teachers

Good teachers love their

subject matter.
Great teachers love their
students.

 Good teachers have

classroom rules.
Great teachers enforce
classroom rules.

 Good teachers know classroom

procedures are important.
Great teachers have procedures
in place and use them
consistently.

 Good teachers know all

children can learn.
Great teachers make sure they
do.

 Good teachers uphold

standards and grade according
to the scores students earned.
Great teachers sometimes
bend the rule and fudge the
grades on behalf of raw student
talent.

 Good teachers make learning

fun.
Great teachers instill a lifelong
desire to learn.

 Good teachers know an

education is important.
Great teachers know that knowing
how to educate ourselves is even
more important.

Good Teachers can become great

teachers by:

A. Remembering that people are more

important than subjects.
B. Focusing on individual students,
rather than classes.
C. Empowering students to become
lifelong learners.