Efficacy

In order to become a highly effective teacher, one must be self-aware, confident, persistent, have a good work ethic, and believe in one's ability. This are important because if we aren't self-aware, then we won't be able to judge ourselves and change the way we teach for the better. It's not a huge deal if we are perfect teachers right off the bat, but that never happens, so we need to be ready to reflect on ourselves and change the way we do things so that we can better accommodate our students. If we fail to be confident in ourselves, that also poses problems as a teacher. If we aren't confident, then kids are going to walk all over us. It's like when you are in a group of friends and you only say things that you know they are going to like. Although this may work for a while, you'll never be the best friend you can be, just as you can never be the best teacher you can be unless you are confident being who you are in every situation.

If we are persistent as teachers, this means we never give up. This is an important quality because if we don't try to help students out, students will never change while they are in your classrooms. To be good teachers, we need to let kids know that we won't give up on them. If they know this, then they will be better students because they feel a connection and a reason to be there. Not only persistence, but work ethic is key. As future teachers, we are role models for children, and we need to show how hard work pays off. If we are a good example of this, students will catch on and hopefully work hard themselves in more areas than your own.

If we don't believe in ourselves, how are we supposed to expect our students to believe in themselves. If we think we're a lousy teacher, then we'll be a lousy teacher, just like students who believe they are worthless, become worthless. Belief is at the center of learning, living, and caring. if we don't believe, we fail. Everything starts small, just as small as a belief, but it is capable of tremendously big things.

I think a lot of these attributes will be attained through experience. I think knowing about them is the first step to implementing them into you as a person, but in order to actually establish these values into ourselves, we must try. By forcing ourselves to believe in ourselves, we will eventually believe in ourselves, even if we don't at first. We must work hard to have a good work ethic and we must always, always, always be open minded. Without noting our own struggles and short comings, we will never be as affective as the one who does take note of these. As future teachers, we must always be aware of ourselves in our journey to becoming a teacher. For without it, our journey will come up short.