ROLE OF A TEACHER

Suman Gandhi

Sanatan Dharam Public School

East Punjabi Bagh
New Delhi

Who is a teacher?
A person who provides education to pupils and students
A mentor, guide and philosopher

Role of a teacher
Often formal and ongoing
Carried out at a school or an educational institute

Although, not only limited to school

Job scope encompasses government assigned duties and
administrative work
A teacher is a social servant
- John Dewey

Teachers Role
Two broad categories:
Instruction, Socialization and Evaluation

Motivating pupils, maintaining control and creating an

environment for learning

Teacher works as:

An instructional input
A manager
A facilitator
A counselor
A part of the community

A teacher is a good friend who prevents his

friends from shedding tears.
- Mahatma Gandhi

As an Instructional Input
Instruction
Complex environment with deliberately designed environment
Pupils interact with the environment
To learn pre-specified objective
Input
Help start the process of learning
Transformed into an output
INPUT

STUDENT

OUTPUT

Content transacted
through teacher
Learning
experiences
Different methods
Audio-visual aids

Interacts with the

inputs provided by
the teacher

Student emerges
with certain changes
in learning
Advanced knowledge

As a Manager

Provide leadership to students

Coordinate a variety of activities
Accomplish academic and social goals of schooling

Applied to all phases of teaching:

Pre-teaching
Teaching
Post-teaching

Preteaching

Teachin
g

Postteaching

Analyze and decide :

Content
Instructional objectives
Methods of evaluating

Sense and understand:

Students interest
Level of understanding
An effective way of
making a point

Analyze:
Performance of
students
Revise content

Teacher acts as a:
Decision maker
Designer of the pupils
way

Teacher shows:
Resourcefulness
Spontaneity

Teacher analyzes
results, reflects on self,
modifies the teachinglearning process

As a Facilitator

To promote learning
To help forward students to develop more by learning
To make the learning process easy

Applications
Increased participation of students
Specially designed environment with visual aids
Discussions and quizzes

As a Counselor
To give advice to students who need help
To assist with problems which cannot be solved by students
themselves

Applications
Address problems related to school, studies
Be approachable for issues concerning friends, family, health
Be sensitive to identify students problems
Observe students to sense any unusual behavior, which may
indicate trouble
Most importantly, be objective in any situation

Qualities of a good teacher

Service-mindedness
Being Methodological
Ability to impart instructions clearly
Constant learner
Being loving to people and pupils
Being patient
Being a good listener
Being a friend, guide and a role model to students