Being a Teacher

 Hello everyone! Hope you're all well!

Today, I just want to express my feelings about being a teacher and what should I do better to teach my students, what should I take in consideration before teaching the new material to my students, such as: doing a lesson plan, setting my goals for the lesson, what I want and expect from my students, the time necessary for the completion of each task and that of the whole lesson, the organization and many more details that I should keep in mind and try to improve myself as a teacher.

 

My experience as a teacher

Firstly, being a teacher wasn't my first option. I always had some doubts and unfortunately still do, although not as much as before. This, mostly because of my previous experience with my old educators and my relation with school in general. But, with the passing of time, I have come to like teaching and see myself as a teacher and I think that it does suit me as a profession. However, as all professions, teaching has its ups and downs.The truth is that teaching is a difficult job and requires a lot of responsibility. Educators spend a significant portion of their time in class with their students but there is a lot more to the role than actually interacting with your students and delivering content.

 But, personally for me, the  main advantage of being a teacher is the opportunity to inspire young people. I've come to realize that I've become very passionate about teaching throughout my university studies, especially during the teaching practice in my second and third year of Bachelor degree. I think that if you're passionate about your job, if you like it, that same vibe or positive energy and attitude will be transmitted to your students as well. In contrast, if a teacher looks fed up or unhappy with what she's doing, this could have a negative effect on her students and lead to class failure.

Also, teachers should be masters of of their subject matter. What do I mean with this? I'm saying that we should have both a profound knowledge of language and teaching skills and exhibit that in our classroom. We should spend more time to gain new knowledge in our field, develop  ourselves, our knowledge and present the material in an enthusiastic manner and instill a hunger in our students to learn more on their own.

Moreover, we should know how to manage the classroom effectively, create an organized, structured environment  with an emphasis on on positive educational atmosphere that is conducive to learning.Here, come in hand many different types of teaching strategies in the learning process that we can use in our classroom so that we can meet the needs of different students an keep student's attention.

 Furthermore, the most important thing that affects students and us is the relationship that we create with one another. How we treat our students, the way we talk, our tone of voice, our attitude, the expectations that we set for our classroom and many more. I believe that helping students to understand a tricky topic, encouraging, motivating them and being a source of support through a difficult time and seeing them succeed is unbelievably rewarding and that's what teachers aim for day after day should be.

But, in order to do all of this we need a lot of experience, knowledge, to know our students, the classroom environment, problems that might arise through the process of teaching, as the ones that I learned today during my teaching presentation with Fatjona and also accept the advice and criticism of others and use it to your advantage the next time you teach a lesson.

That's all for today, I don't want to add more as this could keep me up all night again and I'm already exhausted for today, so - Goodbye everyone and see you next time in class!