The Teacher as
a Person
1 - Communicators
Overview
The Teacher as a Person
Skills and Knowledge
Life Experience
Personal Values and Morality
Temperament and Personality
Attitudes about Diversity &
Inclusions
Recap
As a person, teachers are
supposed to carry themselves
with respect and act as role
models. As a professional,
The Teacher teachers must maintain high
as a Person standards, constantly enhance
their skills and knowledge, and
preserve the ethics of their
profession.
Remember:
Who you are as a person will be the foundation
of the daily work that you will do with children
and families and impacts the professional that
you are aspiring to be within the field of early
learning.
Skills and Knowledge
Every profession has set of skills and a
knowledge base that individuals within
that profession use to define the field
of study (or profession itself).
Passion Control
Patience Organize
Professionalism Assess
Passion Patience
Passion is what Patience allows instructors to
pushes us ahead and avoid reacting the moment
helps us get through when students are off-task,
difficult situations disrespectful, or otherwise
disruptive.
Professionalism
It seems like professionalism should be expected in any
position. However, it is one of the most critical
characteristics of a good teacher since you must earn
and keep the respect of kids, families, and administrators.
Control Organize
The teacher is in charge The teacher should be
of the class and able to coordinate
activities. students for diverse
activities.
Assess
Teachers should be able to provide
feedback, correction, and grading to
students in a variety of methods.
Life Experiences
Whatever career a person chooses, they bring with
them into their work their whole history as a person
including all life experiences from early childhood and
beyond. Each day when you walk into your classroom
environment, you are bringing your
personality/temperament, attitudes and values that
grow from your culture and your own individual
influences on your own early childhood experiences.
Personal Values and Morality
Personal values are the things that are important to us.
They are the characteristics and behaviors that motivate
us and guide our decision making. Our values are comprised
of the moral code that guides our actions and defines who
we are.
Personal morality has roots firmly in early childhood
education. At a very young age we learn what is right and
what is wrong in a multitude of ways through the adults
that care for and guide us as children.
Temperament and Personality
Temperament is defined as a set of inborn traits that
organize the way we approach the world. These traits are
instrumental in the way we learn about the world around us.
Generally speaking, traits are seen as a “goodness of fit”
when a person’s temperaments aligns with the tasks
necessary in a job or career. That is not to say that if you
don’t possess certain traits for a career, that the career
might not be for you! It is a starting point for thinking
about the implication of how your personality fits into the
field of early learning.
Attitudes about Diversity
and Inclusion
Inclusion is the “act or practice of including:
the state of being included”. Sometimes in the
field of Education, the term inclusion is
reserved for conversations around special
needs children and the importance of included
all children in work and play.
Key Notes:
It is important that teachers support all
children in helping them to understand that they
are an important part of their school
community. Our job is to foster a development
of belonging that will prepare them for life in
their community as they grow.
RECAP! :)
Congratulations!
You now have an idea about the
Teacher as a person! We hope
you learned a lot in this seminar! :)
Thank You for listening!
Reference:
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/the-various-roles-of-the- teacher/46782131
https://www.slideshare.net/slideshow/the-roles-of-teachers-and- learners/40434007
https://socialsci.libretexts.org/Bookshelves/Early_Childhood_Education/Introduction_to_Early_Childhood_Education_1.1e
_(Julian)/01%3A_An_Overview_of_the_Field_of_Early_Childhood_Education/1.02%3A_The_Teacher_as_a_Person
