General+Skills+Required+of+Teachers

General Skills Required of Teachers


 * Confront your prejudices
 * Lose the fear of losing control
 * Remove yourself as the person of authority
 * Examine your conversational style
 * Are your discussions competitive or collaborative?
 * Are the debates or explorations?
 * Don't argue with the learners?
 * Stop Talking, Listen
 * Offer quesitons, not solutions
 * Less than 50% teacher talking
 * No more than 75% decision making
 * Learn to ask questions to encourage discussion
 * Encourage problem solving or inquiry
 * Questions must be authentic, open ended, compelling, and problem oriented
 * Arrange Classroom to facilitate discussion
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Talk to faces, not to backs
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Arrange seating in a circle, "u" or square, if needed use another classroom
 * <span style="color: #ff0000; font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Practice Waiting
 * <span style="font-family: 'Arial Black',Gadget,sans-serif;">Count wait seconds