 Helping children if they get hurt  Communication between parents, teacher, school and child

 Identify illness and contact the  Preparing necessary documents

mother  Information regarding school given through to parents e.g.
 Making them aware of HIV Newsletters
Personal  Organizing fund raising and to make sure everything runs
 Teaching them about hygiene –
washing hands after using the smoothly
Assisstant
toilet
Nurse Mother

Hidden Roles of a teacher  Assisting a child when he/she is

emotionally unstable at school
 Teaching them about their
Extra- religion
Social  Being a lovable person
Curricu  Make sure they feel safe at school
Worker  Make your classroom feel like
lar their 2nd home

 Checking to
 Helping or assisting children in sport events make sure the As a teacher you do not just
like: Hockey, Netball, Chess, Cricket, Art, children have
Swimming, Athletics, and Soccer. enough teach a child the curriculum
 Coaching of sport food/healthy
you also have hidden roles and
 Teaching good sportsmanship
responsibilities as a teacher towards the children. One of the roles a teacher
has will be as a nurse to help the child medically if he/she needs assistance.
You can also make the children aware of HIV and phone the parents if they are
ill. Being a nurse will be integrated with a Social worker to see that they have
enough food and that they are not neglected. And also to make sure that they
are being raised in a loving home. As a Social worker being part of a hidden
role of a teacher you have to make sure that children have clean clothes and
help them to pay attention to hygiene. It is also important to keep an eye on
the children to make sure that they have enough food.
Being a mother figure to a child is very important to support the child if
he/she is emotionally unstable at school or if he/she feels the need to talk to
someone who they can trust. Making your classroom feel like a 2nd home is
very important because that is where the child will spend halve of his day and
should feel safe and comfortable. You as teacher can also be a personal
assistant regarding sending out newsletters, making sure the children have
everything they need and to organise fund raisers etc. It is your job to keep the
child and parents happy and satisfied with the way you are teaching and with
everything that is going on at school. It is important to let the parents know
what’s going on with their child and all the activities and responsibilities they
need to be having and doing. The last thing I think a hidden responsibility is of
a teacher is the role she plays in extra-curricular activities. Usually the teacher
is in charge of coaching certain sports and assisting the learners with it. It is
also the teachers responsibility to teach the child good sportsmanship and
how to handle certain situations. Example if you lost a game in soccer, don’t
cry about it or be angry, teach them how to handle it and that you learn from
it, next time you will know where you can better from your mistak es.