Who provides teachers with a job? It is simply the students. I feel the students are what make a teacher successful. If it weren't for the students, success would not be able to be measured. If the students become motivated to learn and truly learn specific material they have become successful. If students enjoy going to school, have fun in the classroom, and are not afraid to talk to their teachers, teachers have succeeded. There is no way a teacher is successful if he/she has a college degree and completed all the schooling to be named a teacher and land a job. Teaching is far from the education the individual was provided with. The way students look and feel about that certain teacher with the college degree is what truly matters. The way in which learning takes place and how well the students actually learn the material is what matters when it comes to success.
When I look back on all my teachers, the ones that were successful in my mind truly cared about me. I knew they listened to every word I said and accepted me for who I was no matter. They motivated me to try my hardest with everything I did and always expected that. However, not only did they act this way towards me, this was the way they were to every student.
To be a SLP in the schools, the only way I will ever be successful is if my students overcome their objectives and goals. It is my job to make sure this happens. I need to find every possible way to make sure it does indeed happen. Success is only measured by my students’ achievements and success.
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I think that success is measured by the student’s success. But who is measuring how successful the students are. Personally I think that how well the teacher’s students are performing and how motivated is a large part of a teacher’s success but we must also look at how the teacher is as a professional. Interpersonal skills are an important factor when looking at the teacher as a professional. A teacher may have the best skills at handling 1st graders but when it comes to working with adults they may need a lot of help. I think that evaluation of a teachers success must come from many different points of views.
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