Every teacher has one's own way to facilitate their wards.
With experience, one gains awareness on the nature of every student, their attributes,
abilities and behaviour patterns.
Teachers have an equal role in identifying in-borne
and latent talent which helps parents to nurture the same and develop it into
rewarding professional skills.
At times, situations
also assume the role of eminent teachers. So does some books or even
biographies and legends.
Certain teachers empathize with their students and handle
situations in a motherly fashion, with utmost care and concern. Some others are
great mentors and guide their wards easily to success. It's those handful whom
a student approaches openly, at times of need, who leave a lasting impact on
their students.
Whatever be the nature of these teachers who stand out, all
of them- teachers, trainers, mentors and facilitators- impart education to
their kids not only on academic brilliance for
a living but equip them simultaneously with the education for life as well.
Generally, such a teacher takes the specific subject thoroughly
in less than half the time allotted to them. They use the remaining time for
personal development aspects. Time is never a constraint for them. For them, handling
students during leisure and extra hours are enjoyable engagements too.
Teaching, we realise is not a job, but true passion for them.
The modus operandi varies depending on
personal interest and abilities of the teacher. Here are some of the approaches
and attitudes of such positive light houses. They easily lit the lamp within
their wards...
- · Displays movies for children in Smart Class Virtual Boards.
- · Narrates stories from epics and provide scripts for theatre arts.
- · Provides platform to hone and perform individual talent.(light music, recitation, dance, instrumental music, speech, etc) The periodic opportunity extended is a natural facilitator for the kids to learn new items and perform with confidence.
- · Entrusts wards with responsibilities to conduct/ organize events like GK quiz, anchoring assembly, drafting and presenting daily news, etc.
- · Enable students to help their weak peers in taking food, in studies, in doing projects and even in ECA as a personal or group responsibility. We have had teachers who even clean hair off lice and cut nails for our mates. They also help them to wear socks and even their tie properly.
- · Some teachers conduct literary contests in class like essay, features, collages, quotations, newsletters, etc.
- · Some others conduct monthly celebrations in the class which includes birthdays of students , appreciation of winners in external programs, etc.
- · Organizing picnics and frequent educational tours are other remarkable qualities.
- · Some teachers facilitate charity to orphans, aged and downtrodden. There were occassions when we donated our old toys, dress and bought sweets for these children and played with them. The resources that was pooled from our class on a single announcement was amazing. Another teacher taught us to share food with less privileged, by bringing a pack of home-made food, whenever we could. It made us conscious of the value of food and inculcated the habit of not wasting food at all. Some students gradually dropped expensive celebrations to cater to more precious basic needs of fellow beings.
- · Organizing celebrations like grandparents day, sibling day, friends day, etc
- · Festive occasions of togetherness ( Xmas cakes, floral carpets for onam, lighting crackers during diwali, etc) has put into us the spirit of cooperation and many more.
- · Empower students through projects and group activities.
- · Share stories of legends, inspiring occassions, suspense thrillers, adventures, life experiences, jokes, puzzles and what not?
- · Organise activity days like colour day, hat day, hairdo day, umbrella day, cookery day, fruit day, flower day, dress day, tuck shop and so on.
- · Mostly they are part of expert teams that equip kids for sports meet, literary competitions, youth festivals and annual days. Teachers accompany us for all external events and remain with us, cheering on our success and consoling us when we lose, inspiring to participate again and again. Is this the greatest Confidence Building Mechanism?
- · They facilitate students to attempt daily homework and promotes self study and independant work culture through myriad ways.
Most of the eminent teachers uphold human values, love their
wards and remain in their hearts for a life time... Young ones, as they grow,
realise that they truly adore them...
