1. SPED
575
WHAT IS AN EFFECTIVE
TEACHER?
TRAITS?
2. 10
Traits of Effective Teachers
(McEwan,
2002)
Personal Traits
that Indicate Character
Teacher Traits
That Get Results: What a Teacher Does
Intellectual
Traits That Demonstrate Knowledge, Curiosity, and Awareness
3. Trait
#1
Mission-Driven
and Passionate
The effective
teacher is mission-driven, feeling a call to teach as well as a passion
to help students learn and grow
4. Trait
#2
Positive and
Real
The highly effective
teacher is positive and real, demonstrating the qualities of caring, empathy,
respect, and fairness in relationships with students, parents, and colleagues.
5. Trait
#3
A Teacher-Leader
The highly effective
teacher is a teacher-leader who positively affects the lives of students,
parents, and colleagues.
6. Trait
#4
With-It-Ness
The highly effective
teacher demonstrates with-it-ness: the
state of being on top of, tuned in to, aware of, and complete control of
three critical facets of classroom life:
l The
management and organization of the classroom
l The
engagement of students
l The
management of time
7. Trait
#5
Style
The effective
teacher exhibits his or her own unique style, bringing drama, enthusiasm,
liveliness, humor, charisma, creativity, and novelty to his or her teaching.
8. Trait
#6
Motivation
Expertise
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.
9. Trait
#7
Instructional
Effectiveness
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.
10. Trait
#8
Book Learning
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).
11. Trait
#9
Street Smarts
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.
12. Trait
#10
A Mental Life
The highly effective teacher has a substantive
thought life that includes the abilities to be the following:
l Metacognitive: ability
to read one’s own mental state and then assess how that state will affect
one’s present and future performance
l Strategic: able
to think aloud and model strategic learning for students
l Reflective: able
to think about personal teaching behaviors for the purposes of self-growth
l Communicative: able
to articulate ideas, issues, beliefs, and values about the act of teaching
with colleagues, students, and parents
l Responsive: able
to flex to the changing needs and demands of the profession
13. Attributes
of Effective E/BD Teachers
Provide Appropriate
Structure and Predictable Routines
Consistent schedule
Established
Rules and Consequences
Clear Behavioral
Expectations
14. Attributes
of Effective E/BD Teachers
Positive Teacher-Student
Interactions
Adequate Praise
Systematic Response
to Problem Behavior
15. Attributes
of Effective E/BD Teachers
Presentation
of Instructional Materials and Lessons
High rates of
academic achievement
High rates of
student response
Limited independent
seatwork
More time allotted
for establishing positive social interactions
16. Research
on Current E/BD Teachers
Overall lack
of systematic programming
Interactions
between teachers and students with E/BD are rarely positive
Teachers dispense
few praise statements
Low rates of
instructional interactions
High rates of
reprimands
RESULT- Classrooms
may become aversive environments for students and their teachers!
17. Evaluating
Teachers of Students with EB/D
Instructional
and Management Behaviors
Tolerance for
Inappropriate Behaviors
Teachers’ Belief
System