This I Believe...

I believe that a teacher must take on various roles during their career to meet the needs of individual students. To one student a teacher may be a leader and can teach that student the leadership skills they have learned through their own experiences to help the student succeed in a role they are partaking in. To another student, who is shy and struggles forming relationships and making friends, the teacher may serve as a friend that the student can count on to always be there for them. A teacher must also serve as a trustworthy adult that children go to when they need help with daily problems and are seeking advice. The most important role of a teacher though, is to create an environment that meets the needs of all their students and to teach their students both the conceptual facts and lifelong lessons they will need in order to become successful individuals both in the classroom and in the future to fulfill any aspiration a student may have. A teacher must provide opportunities for students to connect with the teacher and for the teacher to connect with the student. It is important for teachers to learn new information from the students just like the students must learn new information from the teacher. A teacher must always remember that motivated students will likely be more successful in classroom, while enjoying the class topics and gaining knowledge about the course at hand. A teacher is in charge of molding a student’s future, and each positive opportunity a teacher provides that student with will help them be successful in life, regardless of the career path that student might choose.