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Posted on January 29, 2015 by Edsys

If the beginning is good, everything else will be fine. So, always start the education of your child with the best team. Early years are always very important because it decides the future. To select best for your kids is the parents’ responsibility. Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning development and of children from birth to five years.

All the early education providers must adopt EYFS. This will surely help the parents and teachers to trace the path of development of their child. EYFS supports a new and integrated approach towards early learning and care. This sets some common principals and ways or routine for all the practitioners who provide early education and childcare.

Edsys provides EYFS Management Software which makes it easy to follow the EYFS system for parents and teachers. Once we adopt EYFS system, there are a lot of advantages.

EYFS system helps the teachers to understand and evaluate each child separately. The teachers can keep separate profiles for each child with all the minute details of their development. That will provide equal attention for each child
This will help the teacher to explain the activities of the child at school to the parents. The teacher will take pictures or videos of a child’s activities and they can keep it as a record of the child’s developmental stages. Those pictures and videos will communicate with the parent more than verbal discourses
Both the providers and parents can add comments and grades to the photos. They can have discussions about their child with the support of this data
The providers with the help of these images will help the parents to understand the different tastes, abilities and caliber of their own child. So, the parents can easily design their future according to their taste and ability
Some children may have some special skills in some particular areas like drawing, manufacturing, singing, dancing, by-hearting etc. So parents can help their children to polish their skills
Just like the kids are having some good skills, sometimes they may have some inabilities or weakness. That can also be identified in EYFS system. The early identification will help to find solutions for such problems easily.
If the teachers use advanced technologies with EYFS, they can easily share data with parents with e-mail or Bluetooth. The software introduced by Edsys to support EYFS activities can be used even with a Smartphone.
Connecting EYFS software with Parent Portal will enable easy parent-teacher interaction. The information of a particular child can be visible to the parents too.
When some details of a child are necessary, it can be collected easily and completely. That makes developmental evaluation properly and systematically.
With the lively moments captured in the classroom, the teacher can make collages and post cards which is also a part of EYFS curriculum.
Following the EYFS curriculum in a systematic way, the teachers can easily make the monthly or yearly reports in the form of PDF. With these reports, the evaluation of learning and other developments of the child can be easily conducted.

Moreover, EYFS curriculum follows child-led learning and it is play-oriented. That makes the children more creative and energetic. They will start loving education. It gives them much freedom and exposure. It will enable them to have a wonderful personality.EYFS curriculum has very good perspective to make the future generation smart and active. Now it is followed by early education providers mainly in UK. But can be tried everywhere. Following its standard is necessary for the success. We can develop a wonderful young generation by adopting EYFS curriculum.

Posted on January 29, 2015 by Edsys

There is an English proverb that says, “The soul is healed by being with children”. What if the very lives of these children are in jeopardy? It is a fact that ragging has been in the society for some time now and its intensity worsens every year. Though numerous anti-ragging squads and bodies exist, we haven’t been able to eliminate these practices completely.

It is hard to believe that bullying has tormented Indian school students for some time now, and it is just recently that we have started taking it seriously. What is the difference between bullying and ragging? None, they are practically the same. While there are strict laws and punishments against ragging, bullying has none whatsoever. And it is this very fact that makes bullying far more dangerous than ragging.

Other than the lack of laws against it, the fact that a very young age group, mostly in between 12 – 16 years is affected makes it more hazardous. It is said to be the very age which nourishes mental capability and invokes behavioral build up in children. Bullying is said to cause psychological traumas, from which children find it difficult to recover. In some cases, they even find themselves mentally scared for life.

5 Steps to Curb Bullying

1. Know your children

Parents need to maintain an open and deep relationship with their children so that they will be the first to know if something goes wrong. In most cases of bullying, the victims are traumatized for months before the parents or teachers come to know about what was happening. The lack of confidence that they will be helped is what holds them back. Children should feel free to talk to their parents at any time.

2. Know your students

School is said to be the second home for a student. If so, then teachers occupy the roles of responsible parents. This means he/she has not just the role of a teacher, but also a parent. So, just like parents they must also possess a sincere relation with their students. The student should feel safe and confident in talking with the teachers on his/her issues. The large number of students in a single classroom, probably beyond what the teacher can keep track of and the lack of good teaching staff, has only made it difficult to build teacher-student relations.

3. Friends can also help

In situations where a student finds it difficult to disclose the issue to a parent or teacher, he/she could get the help of a dear friend. The friend could in turn address the issue to a teacher or someone in charge. For this to happen, children should first be made aware of the seriousness of such situations.

4. Actions need to be taken

Laws against bullying will take time to come to full effect. Within that time, schools can play it’s part to help the cause. Schools across the world have adopted several methods to cope with the issue of bullying. Once bullying was at its worst in the USA. Ensuring participation of students in open discussions and conducting seminars on possible bullying problems and how to tackle them has brought down bullying to a large extent. So the question is, if they can do it, why can’t we?

5. Social awareness

Bullying and ragging are social issues. So, the society itself needs to come together for the purpose of fighting against it. Rather than thinking of it as another person’s issue, think of it as an entire society’s responsibility. Educate and prepare your children to hold on their own under risky situations.

Policies Taken

Recently, former HRD Minister MM Pallam Raju had formed a committee of academic and mental health experts to review the scale of ragging in schools and recommend preventive measures.

The committee headed by CBSE chairman Vineet Joshi is learnt to have submitted its report to the HRD Ministry. It has described bullying in Indian schools as a serious problem and recommended regulations to bar the menace in schools on the lines of UGC’s regulations to curb the menace of ragging in Higher Educational Institutions notified on June 17, 2009. The committee commissioned a survey of schools and found the extent of bullying to be “serious”.

Bullying is an issue that comes into existence at the school level and needs to be dealt with in schools itself. Otherwise it may result in a socially handicapped and mentally injured generation.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Edsys

His Highness Sheikh Mohammed bin Rashid Al Maktoum, Vice-President and Prime Minister of the UAE and Ruler of Dubai, has launched a seven year UAE National Agenda leading to the UAE Vision 2021. It was developed by over 300 officials from 90 federal and local government entities. It includes a set of national indicators in the sectors of education, healthcare, economy, police and security, housing, infrastructure and government services.

A report that appeared in Knowledge and Human Development Authority (KHDA) website, which was titled “Inspection Handbook 2014-15,” recommends that schools must focus on fulfilling the agenda put forward by His Highness Sheikh Mohammad, regarding the UAE’s ranking in international assessments.

The two main objectives of the Agenda:

UAE should reach in the list of top 15 countries in TIMSS (Trends in International Mathematics and Science Study)
The UAE will be among the 20 highest performing countries in PISA (Program for International Student Assessment).

For helping the schools to obtain these objectives, Dubai School Inspection Bureau (DSIB) of KHDA has provided workshops to assist schools to raise their standards.

What Schools Must Do to Meet This Goal?

Schools must raise students’ performance, says KHDA. If they plan on meeting UAE’s national agenda, private schools in Dubai must raise pupils’ performance level in mathematics and science.

Director-General of KHDA, Dr Abdullah Al Karam said, “We have been witnessing linear progress, what we need to meet this target is an exponential growth. It is no longer about making parents or students happy, it is about making parents or students happy, it is about putting Dubai on top.”

How It Can Be Done?

Student performance can be increased by giving more attention to individual students and by making learning interesting by using modern techniques. Teachers should focus to utilize the school hour maximum in a pleasing way. The students must be given the chance to do things as their own.

Mathematical and scientific learning skills can be increased by constant practice and application. The increase in student performance in mathematics and science means their ability to apply their knowledge in real life situations. So the teaching must be focused on practical applications.

The curriculum has to be modified according to the needs. It must provide time for using mathematical concepts, facts, procedures and reasoning, and to interpret and evaluate mathematical outcomes.

While learning science, students should be able to describe, explain and predict phenomena based on scientific knowledge, interpret and communicate evidence and conclusions.

To improve student performance, we can get help from modern technology.

School Apps

Opting for a good school mobile app is the best way to improve student performance. Today, children are masters in using Smart phones and tablets. If we choose a perfect school mobile/tablet app for them, it will really benefit a lot for improvement. So, choose an app that is relevant, affordable, easy to use and motivating. It must provide entertainment along with learning. It should help them to think creative.

Early education is really important in this point of view of development. Edsys has introduced EYFS Managing software, which helps early education providers to pave way for student development. With the help of EYFS Managing software, the teacher can understand the mental development of the child and they can also help the parents to know about their child’s growth. Smart apps for preschoolers can also be used.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Edsys

Mrs. Leela is a teacher loved alike by students, teachers and parents at her school. But, unfortunately, the school management had a different opinion about her. They termed her as “greedy” and “selfish”, which forced her to resign. I tried to find out what exactly caused Mrs. Leela to quit her job, for she loved her students and enjoyed teaching them.

The reason I discovered was not entirely surprising, but it was unexpected.

Despite her immense contribution to her school for over a decade, Mrs.Leela was being paid a meagre amount for her services. The school management has not bothered to hike her salary one bit and Mrs. Leela, being a single mother, was finding it difficult to make ends meet and to pay the fees for her children’s college.

This is not just the story of Mrs. Leela but also of several other teachers around the world.

Teaching is a highly respected job, since no one else can mould the best generation for future than teachers. Teachers have largely influenced the lives of people right from ancient times.

They are responsible for building a civilised society, introducing you to the world of knowledge and preparing you to face the world.

Most teachers have chosen the career path due to their love for children and the joy they find while imparting education. But, for all the efforts they put, do they really earn what they are worth? No one bothers to ask.

Let’s have a fact check:

If you are a teacher, you may agree how the figures given above are true, even if you teach in a private school or a government-run school. Job satisfaction alone won’t feed the teachers’ families; for that, they have to be paid better. Also, for the teachers to stay committed to their job, they should be paid what they are worth.

Now, when people who are equally qualified get paid better, why are teachers still underpaid? The answer is simple!

Their efforts go unnoticed

The average school hours may be from 9 to 5. But it is a fact that teachers work beyond those hours, which often goes unnoticed. Most teachers take their work such as notebook correction and evaluation of answer papers home. Also, they spend many hours at home, preparing the lessons to be taught the next day, or pondering over innovative teaching methods. And, it’s not just teaching that the teachers do, but any job that can be advantageous for the school. In most schools, teachers are also involved in encouraging the students to participate in various cultural events and making the school proud by winning laurels. But they are never acknowledged for their efforts. If it is a corporate job, you may get paid for even every moment you think of work. But for teachers, they are paid with 1 question:

What big work have you done after all?

It’s time that school managements recognize the efforts put by the teachers for the betterment of the school, adding to its reputation and pay them deservingly.

There are various software such as the Work force Management System by Edsys where teachers can enter their daily activities, that helps the school managements to understand their efforts and pay them better!

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As for school managements, better paid teachers would be happier and more productive. The staff retention rate would also be high. At a time when getting quality teachers are getting harder, it would make sense to retain existing talent.

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Edsys

Many researches exist about parental involvement in education. All the results of such researches point out that parental involvement not only positively affect student achievement, but it also contributes to the better performance and higher quality education of the schools. It is not easy to make a positive involvement in our child’s education. Now with the advancement of technology, parents find it easy to get involved in their child’s education. Edsys introduces Smart Cards, School bus Tracking System and Parent Portal etc which enables parental involvement in the education of their children.

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When and where should parental involvement take place?

The best time to begin your involvement is when your child starts his/her education! The earlier it begins, the more powerful will be the effect. The best form of parental involvement is parents joining the children in their studies at home or while doing homework.

Schools also support and encourage parental involvement. They make parents feel welcome at school, involving parents in decision making and implementing programmes to provide information about parenting skills and community resources.

Types of involvement

Communicating regularly with teachers is the best way for the parents to be involved in education. Consider the teacher as a partner in managing the education of our child. With proper guidance and support from the teacher, the parents may become more involved in home learning activities and find themselves with opportunities to teach, to be models for their children and to guide them.

Sometimes, schools demand children to practice reading at home with parents, and then children gain more information. Some parents read out stories and books for their children and spend time with them, which contributes a lot to their achievement.

Some activities that can be practiced for better involvement of parents

Having a family routine, providing calm and quiet atmosphere to learn- being strict about bedtime and having dinner together
Regularly checking the Parent Portal to know children’s performance at school or to get teachers’ remarks about them
Check their regular attendance in class and in school bus. Always have a look at their expenses and whereabouts. With the help of the Smartcards this can done without much effort
Enable the School bus Tracking System for knowing their routes to school and to know the school bus timing
Monitor activities after school.
Setting a control for watching TV, observing them always and giving supervised care.
Be a good model to your kids and let them learn the importance of discipline and hard work in life
Enable them to set a good ambition which is high and realistic.
Encourage their achievements and progress in school and visit their school once in a while
Promote reading, writing and participating discussions among family members

The benefits of parental involvement

For children:

There will be drastic improvement in all the fields of the child’s life irrespective of the racial or ethnic background, socio-economic status, or parents’ education level and occupation
Their academic status will improve; they achieve better grade, test scores and attendance.
They will always complete their homework
It will increase their self esteem and they become more self-disciplined
When parents and teachers work together, it will bridge the gap between the two cultures – cultures at home and at school
They tend to show more interest towards school

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For the parents:

Constant interactions with their kids enable them to know their calibre and tastes better. It will make them confident in parenting and in making decisions about their children
They get more knowledge about their child’s development
Parents’ perceptions about the institution and teachers will improve and there will be a stronger tie and commitment with school
When they become more aware of the curriculum and policies, they can also contribute to the decision making process

For the educators:

Parental involvement will increase the morale of the teachers.
Parents will show more respect towards the teachers and the institutions
The schools will receive a better support
The teachers will be able to understand families, cultures and their diversities

Posted on January 28, 2015 by Edsys

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning, development and care of children from birth to five years. Since it is not so common outside UK, the world is still dubious about it. Even in UK, studies and researches are going on about the standards and settings of EYFS. Since education in the early years is very important in a child’s life, there will be so many questions that have to be answered.

It was in 2008 that EYFS came into effect as a statutory body and in 2010, a group of scholars from the Institute of Education, University of London had conducted a research on ‘Practitioners’ Experience of the Early Years Foundation Stage’. It was a study by gathering views from the practitioners working in all sectors of children’s EYFS. The findings of the research were able to give answers to so many major questions. Here are five common questions that are frequently asked.

How does EYFS influence the daily life of children?

EYFS has a play-based and child-led guidance method. Since children have the upper hand, EYFS has great influence on their lives. It influences many aspects of daily practice. Teachers and parents observe the children and provide them opportunities to perform. Teachers capture each and every development of the children as photographs or other data and share them with the parents. It enables the parents to identify the inborn talents of their kids and they can nourish the skills with proper guidance.

How does EYFS support improvement in care and education offered by practitioners?

According to the EYFS standards, every stage of development of a child has to be noted. It is the child’s development that matters, so the providers have to be very careful and alert. The care and education the providers provide will make the children smart. There will be parental involvement at each stage of a child’s development and that makes the providers more responsible.

What are the obstacles that providers face?

The main obstacle that the providers face is that the people refuse to accept the child-led and play-based format of EYFS. Many people believe that this format is not effective as the previous system. Some believe that with the EYFS standards, no learning takes place.

The other obstacles include need for more trained providers for managing a single classroom since each and every action of all the children should be observed. Also, data collection and sharing of data take lots of time with just one provider in a classroom.

What are the benefits for children?

Children learn a lot before the age of five. If they are given more freedom and proper guidance at that age, it will surely give wonderful results. EYFS gives them timely appreciation and encouragement. It reveals their tastes and skills to parents that help the parents to focus on it in the future studies.

How simple is it to use?

Edsys has introduced EYFS Management Software to help EYFS providers and parents.

While practicing EYFS, majority of the time is spent on collecting and compiling data and sharing it with the parents. This can be done easily using EYFS Management Software, which also helps in saving time. Postcards can be created using the photographs and then, sent to the parents.
Data can be easily shared with this software.
It can be easily used with Smartphones
Separate profiles for each child can be made available. Evaluation and grading thus become easier.
Making of annual reports in PDF format are done easily.
The pictures taken during the sessions can be posted with comments and grades can also be added to them.

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Edsys

Since EYFS is entirely different from traditional schooling, parents have some misconceptions. Some parents don’t understand its importance, some others expect more from it and some of them are dubious about its working. To utilize the benefits of EYFS to maximum, it is necessary to wipe out all the misconceptions from parents’ mind. Here are some of those misconceptions.

“It is just a nursery…”

Many parents have that belief. Actually, they don’t understand its importance. Major emotional and social development of the child takes place at this age; therefore, they need great care and attention. They need to have a stress-free, liberal and motivating atmosphere. EYFS works on child-led and play based format. It needs frequent intervention from parents. The practitioners inform parents regarding each and every development of the child. The parents should always give proper attention to the child’s developments and changes.

When the teacher frequently tries to contact, some parents may feel it unnecessary. They think “it is just a nursery, not higher class. Then why these people are troubling us like this?” This notion should be removed by making them understand the importance of early education in the development of children.

“It’s not our duty…”

When teachers give small tasks to the children to do from home or something to read with parents, some parents get angry. They think the educator alone is responsible for teaching the child. The parents won’t help in anyway other than financially. They claim that they paid well for their child’s education and therefore, the school should do all the work. It is your child; so you must know them and that will help them a lot than any other teaching.

“They take money for doing nothing”

The providers are not teaching anything in the traditional way but they demand more money. The parents won’t understand the risk and expense of gathering, compiling and sharing the data. Actually the EYFS practitioners are doing much more than an ordinary teacher.

“Not teaching anything.”

Some parents make complaints about the EYFS providers that they are not teaching anything. They expect their child to learn so many things fast because they are paying well. EYFS has its own format of teaching. It is not simply teaching from the books. They are not teaching in the traditional way. They are following the child-led and play based format for teaching.

Some parents are worried while seeing the annual or monthly reports. It’s all about playing and other things. They are worried the system is not giving proper importance to learning.

Some expect drastic development in their child

The overall development of the child takes place in few years. From birth to the age of five, it happens gradually. EYFS cannot do any wonders in the given time. EYFS is for evaluating, providing support, guiding and informing parents about the attitude and skills of their child.

Early Years Foundation Stage (EYFS) sets standards for the learning and development of children from birth to five years. This will surely help parents and teachers to trace the path of development of their child. EYFS supports a new and integrated approach towards early learning and care. This sets some common principals and ways or routine for all the practitioners who provide early education and childcare.

EYFS gives special attention to the child’s emotional and creative development. But some parents expect academic development only. They undervalue the emotional and creative development.

The first task for EYFS providers is to wipe out all the misconceptions and worries from the parents’ mind and making them confident about their child’s development.

Posted on January 16, 2015 by Edsys

Social equality is the state of affairs in which all people within a specific society or established group have the same status in certain respects. But, inequality is evident in most aspects of lives which includes racial, ethnic, socio-cultural and economic differences. Along with society, the egos of man create inequality.

Inequalities in schools

Children are not much bothered about such inequalities. But unknowingly, they also become a part of it. They won’t purposefully create this but it arises sometimes when not given proper attention.

Types of inequalities in schools:

1. Gender inequality

Not only in schools, but it is also a major problem everywhere. Sometimes, restrictions are imposed on students of a particular gender in schools or they may be discriminated on that basis.

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2. Racial inequality

Racial inequalities can occur mainly based on the particular caste, religion or the area a student belongs to. The majority will show a tendency to rule them or to avoid them from mainstream activities. Sometimes, even skin complexion can be the basis of such discrimination. This may very badly affect the confidence and calibre of students.

3. Economic inequality

This is also a worst form of inequality that appears among school children. In a school, students belonging to different financial backgrounds study in the same class. This gap is evident in the cloths the students wear, different accessories and stationeries they use in the class and the cash they bring to the class for their needs. Discrimination based on the financial status can hurt the students and make them feel inferior.

4. Academic inequality

All students don’t have the same calibre to learn or to grasp lessons. Their grades also vary. If the teachers show an extra affection towards those who score well, it will badly influence the weak children. The comparison made between the students by teachers and parents can be harmful.

How to solve these inequalities?

To solve gender inequalities, the teachers and parents involved should work together. The habit of giving priorities for a particular gender should be avoided. Let all students participate in all the activities irrespective of their gender. Discard the activities which don’t support mutual participation.
Racial discrimination should be avoided in schools. All students are equal, no matter what their religion, caste, complexion or locality is. The teacher must not be biased and also, they should take necessary disciplinary actions towards those who pass biased comments and remarks.
Teach the students the importance of secularism and unity. Make them aware of the feelings of those who are marginalized in the society. Tell them stories and incidents to develop a humanitarian concern in them.
To solve the economic inequalities, the first thing is to implement uniform for schools and make it compulsory to wear it on all days. The schools should supply the uniform, books, stationeries etc. for them. If possible, the schools should provide lunch too.
Inform the parents not to give any cash to the students unless the teacher demands.
Smartcards can be implemented so that the students can make their necessary purchases with that. The students will not have to bring money to the school and spend it unnecessarily because their parents will be aware of every item they purchase with that from school store or canteen.
To solve the academic inequalities, the teachers must take the upper hand. Always divide the class into groups which includes all levels of students for class activities. Give special attention to those who are weak and bring them up to the level of others.
Utilize Parent portal for better communication between the teachers and parents. Through Parent Portal, every parent can contact the teachers and get information regarding their child confidentially. They don’t have to feel bad about disclosing anything regarding their child to the teacher, so that the teacher can take care of the issue without letting others know about it.

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Posted on January 14, 2015 by Edsys

We send our children to schools to educate them and for their personality development. Education is an enlightening experience. So, we expect the overall development of our child from school. Now schools are also competing to be at the top. There are government bodies like KHDA and ADEC which evaluate the overall performance of schools in Emirates. The prestige of schools is not only in academic results, so they try to give maximum for the overall development of the students.

1. School as a small community

A school has students from all levels of the society and from different cultural backgrounds. But inside the school premises, they are all alike and they form a community of their own, which is beyond all these social, cultural or economic disparities. A school teaches the students to:

2. Be a part of the society

Being a part of a society is not an easy thing; it needs great coherence and adjustment. Since there are so many students in a class, one cannot take decisions of his choice in matters regarding the class. He needs to consult with others because it affects everyone in the class.

3. Learn new things

Friends have a major role in molding our personality in both ways; positively and negatively. Good company teaches us so many good things that will be useful to us throughout our life. In the same way bad company can spoil our entire future. Children will observe and learn so many new things from their classmates.

4. Obey rules

Obedience is not cowardice. Not only in schools, but in any organization we have to obey the rules. In a school it is much easier to obey because the rules are not imposed; but they are made part of a routine.

5. Practice a routine systematically

The school routines are established from the very beginning itself. So the students practice it without any hesitation. They love following routines at that small age because then they are not bothered about time. Once they are used to it, they will follow it to the end. It includes so many good qualities like wishing the elders and saying the prayers etc.

6. Be bold

Schools enable them to face the audience boldly. The seminar or project presentations in the classroom will enable each student to face an audience and speak boldly. It increases their self confidence and enables them to face bigger gatherings in the future.

7. Be patient

Once we are part of a system, we have to follow its schedule. A student cannot go out of the class whenever they wish. They have to wait for the bell. It will increase their patience and it is a part of good discipline.

8. Listen to others

In a classroom, there will be a teacher and many students. A particular student should not opine on all issues every time. They have to listen to others as well. They have to value others’ opinions sometimes. Sometimes, they may have to compromise their opinion for the sake of the whole class. They have to wait for the others to wind up for their turn to talk.

9. Be good leaders

The classroom activities and tasks may need leaders and all the students will get a chance to be a leader at least once during an academic year. Those who really have that leadership trait in them will emerge as good leaders.

10. Work as a team

In schools, there will be programs like art festival, annual sports competitions etc. Then, the students will be divided into so many teams and they will work together for the success of their team. It will be a great experience for them. They will learn a lot by working as a team.

Each day, students attend to the school and learn something new, which cannot be assessed with an examination but will be useful for them in some way or the other.

Posted on January 14, 2015 by Edsys

“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”-Henry Adams

The measure of success of a teacher is the way in which he/she is remembered and cherished in the minds of their students. A great teacher inspires students at every path of their life. To be successful, a teacher must have:

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An attractive personality, enthusiasm and care: A teacher should have an attractive personality and teaching style to grab the attention of students. They must make their classes enthusiastic with their teaching style and should have a caring heart towards their students. Teachers must be approachable and friendly to their students so that students can clear their doubts with the teachers at any time. A pleasing smile on the teacher’s face gives a positive energy to their students.
Respect for their profession and students: The teachers should have a feeling that they are doing a great job by educating the new generation. They must respect their students and always value the students’ opinions in the class. Then, the students will feel free to express their ideas and gradually, they will learn to respect and listen to others.
Clear aims and objectives of lessons: A good teacher should have a proper aim behind every word he or she uses in the class. They must have a clear objective of each lesson and work hard to meet those objectives. The mutual respect in the classroom will create a supportive environment and create a sense of belongingness in the class.
Good leadership traits: The teacher must be skilled leader to maintain discipline in the classroom and to take every group activities under control. The class is a team that works together so the teacher has to play the role of a leader to control it and to give opportunities for everyone.
Good classroom management skills: A great teacher should have good classroom management skills and should be able to ensure good student behavior, effective study hours and work habits of all kind. They should also be able to manage the time schedule for the class. The teacher should regularly check the attendance and library accounts with the help of Smart Cards.
Knowledge about the curriculum: the teacher should have a thorough knowledge about the curriculum and should work according to that. The teacher can use his own creative ideas in teaching but should not go out of the curriculum and the other expected standards.
Mastery over the subject: Primarily, a teacher is supposed to teach a particular subject and therefore, must be well-versed with their subject. They must be able to face any question that the students may ask. A good understanding of the subject will help make the teacher’s class more interesting.
Passion for teaching: ‘Teaching is not a profession, but a passion.’ Unless the teacher doesn’t have a passion for teaching, he or she cannot be a good teacher. Enlightening the young generation is not an ordinary task. Only a passionate teacher can influence the students.
Communication with the parents: Being in touch with the parents will help the teachers to know their students better. Moreover, the parent will also have an interest in the activities at the school and that is good for the total development. Teachers should update the information about the students in the Parent Portal.
A passion for learning and self development: Teacher must constantly improve their teaching skills by learning and attending refreshment courses. They should update their knowledge by constant reading and using Internet. A good teacher shouldn’t have any fear of learning new strategies or using new technology for teaching. Technology can be used by teachers for maintaining discipline and standard of the institution.

Teachers play a wonderful role in our life after our parents.

“I am indebted to my father for living, but to my teacher for living well.”

-Alexander the Great

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