A worthy teacher

A worthy teacher. 

A phrase that most teachers would like to be called I hope.

This phrase to me means a qualified teacher.

By qualified I do not simply mean someone that went through the teaching program, received their teaching certificate, subbed a few classes and finally landed a contract at a school.  

Teaching is a sacrifice.

A worthy teacher gives up a lot of things so that the generation they are interacting will go on in life and be a positive contribution to society.  

It takes time and effort.  No teacher right off the bat can be entitled to be a worthy teacher.  This is because that there are just so many things to learn and adapt to in a classroom environment.

There is an anonymous quote that I abide to when I regard teaching.

'To teach is to learn twice' 

I would say teachers are continuously learning as they create new experiences and relationships with their students every passing year.  

The lists of things that we had on the board last week in class are some of the qualities that we regard as a worthy teacher.  I believe that one key component to a worthy teaching in the making would require the teacher to have those qualities in mind and as a goal.  No teacher who has given up on themselves and is content with their style of teaching is worthy to be called a worthy teacher. 

There is no contentment in teaching in a sense that you can always do better and can always improve styles of teaching and styles of assessment.  

This is key for me when it comes to teaching.  Teachers have to keep trying and to enable them to have this heart to teach it will require the assistance of many things around them such as other teachers and administrators.