Activity :- 09 Developing professional skills working from home as a teacher | sharanu Hiremath | ghps yalawar | JEWARGI | kalaburagi
What are teacher skills?
Teacher skills are those necessary for creating lesson plans, instructing students, working with administrators and interacting with parents. Some of these skills may be innate to the teacher’s personality, but teachers may learn some as a result of formal education or on-the-job experience. With these skills, teachers learn to work with children to develop their knowledge and critical thinking. Listing your best skills on your resume can set you apart from other candidates and potentially earn you a teaching position.
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Examples of teacher resume skills
Here is a list of professional skills for teachers:
- Critical thinking
- Patience
- Communication
- Organization
- Imaginative thinking
- Leadership
- Teamwork
- Time management
- Technological skills
- Conflict resolution
. Critical thinking
With strong critical thinking skills, teachers are able to consider the best interests of the students while also working within their institution’s goals and standards. Teachers of primary and secondary schools must also remain aware of parents’ expectations for learning and discipline and ensure that the classroom is a safe and nurturing environment.
For instance, a middle-school English teacher with well-developed critical thinking skills would consider the themes of a story before deciding if it’s appropriate for their class. When teaching post-secondary education in colleges or universities, instructors must consider the best ways to keep students engaged with the course material. A college English teacher might enjoy Victorian-era novels, but students may appreciate something more contemporary.
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2. Patience
Teachers of all levels should know their classrooms will represent a variety of cultural backgrounds, learning styles and intellectual abilities. Dedicated students will likely contribute more to class discussion and be more easygoing, but many students might present other challenges like turning in work late or causing behavioral disruptions. Teachers should be patient and help maintain a balance between their own expectations and the students’ unique abilities. For instance, if a student struggles with learning multiplication tables, a patient teacher might work with the student after class or extend the due date for homework.
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3. Communication
Teachers communicate in a variety of ways, including verbal, written and body language. Strong verbal communication means that teachers make their lesson material and expectations clear. They will present concepts in a way that students can understand. Teachers exhibit written communication skills when they give feedback on assignments and write progress reports for parents.
In the classroom, body language is also important. When teachers stand tall in the classroom, smile often and make eye contact with their students, they seem confident and kind, which will likely lead to more student engagement in the course.
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4. Organization
Primary and secondary public school teachers often have 30 or more students in a classroom. To be effective, teachers must be able to manage their materials and students’ assignments well. A well-organized classroom will have books and technology in places where students won’t be distracted during lessons. Teachers with strong organization skills will have pens, whiteboard markers, extra paper and other materials in an easily accessible place.
Teachers use organization skills to keep different classes’ assignments separate to ensure a smooth grading process. For example, a high school teacher with six class periods will need organization skills to keep first period assignments from mixing with fourth period and so on.
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5. Imaginative thinking
Depending on the students’ age level, teachers may use imagination in a variety of ways. Teachers of younger students might learn to incorporate singing or creative arts into their classroom to stimulate learning. Secondary or post-secondary educators teaching older material may use more current media like film or television to illustrate recent forms of similar themes.
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6. Leadership
Teachers need leadership skills inside and outside of the classroom. Modeling behavior for students can be key to developing a dedication to learning and general responsibility in life. Leadership is also important when interacting with teachers and school administrators. To show strong leadership skills, teachers may accept additional duties like coaching a sports team or directing a special interest club, like chess or drama. Teachers with heightened leadership abilities may be more likely to advance to senior positions like principal or superintendent.
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7. Teamwork
Similar to leadership, teamwork helps teachers interact kindly and effectively with other school personnel. Teachers frequently have planning meetings to come up with the best curriculum and classroom practices for students. In these meetings, teachers with strong teamwork abilities can accept input from others, even if they have differing opinions.
For example, if a middle school science teacher wants to teach introductory physics, they will consider the input of others on their team to decide if the topic is appropriate for that age group. Teamwork will help teachers use other personnel as resources for their students. Teachers with strong teamwork skills can collaborate with guidance counselors, school nurses or psychologists to help students in need
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8. Time management
Teaching is a job that often requires working from home. Teachers need evenings and weekends to plan lessons, grade papers and occasionally shop for classroom materials. To maintain a healthy work-life balance, teachers will need to utilize time management skills. Some strategies may include setting aside certain hours of the day for relaxation, exercise or other personal activities.
It will likely also benefit teachers to set a timeframe for having papers, tests and other assignments graded and returned to students. Teachers, for instance, may set a personal goal of returning grades within one week of receiving the submission. When working on grades, it may benefit teachers to set a time and work for specified lengths of time to avoid distractions.
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9. Computer skills
As classrooms continue to incorporate technology, computer skills are becoming more important for teachers to have. Besides tracking grades, educators may use computers to formulate lesson plans, worksheets, study guides, tests and other deliverables. Teachers also use digital media in the classroom, including online videos and interactive exercises to make their material more engaging. For teachers of older students, computers may be necessary to help direct research in online libraries and databases. Educators also frequently communicate with parents and school personnel digitally, so they must be comfortable sending and receiving emails.
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10. Conflict resolution
Part of a teacher’s responsibilities includes being able to manage disagreements in a classroom. Teachers of younger children might encounter conflicts over sharing resources like books, games or toys. In post-secondary classrooms, students may have conflicts over more personal matters like relationships. A teacher with well-developed conflict resolution abilities will display patience and active listening to consider each viewpoint and come to a compromise. This skill will likely also be useful if disagreements arise between the teacher and students’ parents or guardians.
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Sample teacher skills resume section
You can list your teaching skills on your resume in a dedicated skills section and/or by mentioning them in your work experience.
Examples for a teacher resume skills section
Technical skills: Word processing software | Classroom technology
Additional skills: Organization | Critical thinking| Leadership
Teacher skills in a resume work experience section
Poplar Grove Community College
History Instructor| January 2012 to July 2019
Used critical thinking and research skills to
Used critical thinking and research skills to develop curriculum using materials from a variety of academic resources
Developed multimedia presentations using videos, slideshows and other technology
Graded term papers and other assignments with strong attention to detail
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👉5 ways to improve your teaching skills during lockdown and working from home as a teacher 🏵️🏵️🏵️🏵️
Teacher CPD in coronavirus lockdown
1. Reading
Many teachers may well find that they have more time in their working day during remote teaching. For those with young children around, this may not always be the case, but if you do have the time this is an opportunity to get some key reading done.
What’s more, there are plenty of resources that are readily available online, often in ebook format, meaning that accessing information isn’t hindered by social distancing or shop closures.
Along with paid texts, there are lots of free texts, blogs and websites that give helpful information, so finding something to read about a specific area of teaching isn’t too hard.
All this can help to nourish your thinking and knowledge in all manner of different areas of the teacher’s skill set, from lesson planning to behavioural management.
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2. Networking
There is a nation of teachers who are in the same boat, but everyone will be working slightly differently. As such, talking to others is a great way to ensure that you continue to develop your teaching.
Twitter is a brilliant resource for networking, as is Linkedin and, to an extent, Facebook. Interacting with other teachers you may not normally have time to interact with allows for the sharing of good practice and the dissemination of different teaching ideas.
You may not take something directly from somebody else's suggestion, but you may use bits of it – or you may find that something you do and take for granted helps out another teacher.
Time invested now in networking will also pay dividends when we go back to the chalkface and we can continue to learn from one another.
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3. Courses
It wasn’t until the school closures that I realised how many free courses there are online around teaching. Some providers are also offering free training for trainees and NQTs, which I think is brilliant considering the current climate.
There are, of course, also paid-for courses available and now is a good time to get your teeth stuck in if you have the capacity to do so.
Schools still have CPD budgets, so don’t be afraid to ask your teaching and learning lead if you can get funded for a course. NPQ courses can be a burden with a full teaching load, but whilst we are distance teaching, it is much more manageable to complete such courses.
My own trust has strong affiliations with training providers that offer every course conceivable. The thing is, knowing exactly what is on offer is impossible unless I ask. All schools value teacher improvement, so don’t be afraid to ask what might be available.
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4. Reflecting
In my opinion, self-reflection is one of the most powerful tools for improving your teaching – and when done correctly, it negates the need for teaching observations.
Start by asking yourself some simple questions: how has your teaching changed since you trained? How has it changed since last year and what will you do differently next year? Ask yourself these questions and then ask yourself: why? It is the final factor that will help you to develop your practice.
If you are struggling to explain “why” or you can’t think of a way to overcome an issue that you have been presented with, that’s when you can network or do some targeted research.
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5. Adapting
While you don’t literally have the students in the classroom in front of you, you may be adapting the resources you will be using when you do have them back. This is the prime time to implement all of the above into your teaching, ready for when you get back into the classroom.
So often in situations like this (obviously this situation is unprecedented, but you know what I mean) good training and reading doesn’t translate into an improvement in teaching, simply because the theory isn’t applied.
If I’m honest, this is frequently due to time constraints on adapting what we have already planned and set. With some of that pressure alleviated, exploit this situation and get as much of your CPD as possible into your future teaching.
Overall, the hope will be that we never experience a time like this again. But while we are living and working through these tough times, we should not overlook the silver linings we can find to help us, both now and long into the future.
