PERSONAL GROWTH AND PROFESSIONAL

SPIRITUAL: More positive and encouraging learning atmosphere can result from teachers who are spiritually healthy as they learn to have empathy and compassion for their students. Spiritual well-being can play an important role in supporting the overall well-being and success of students.

KNOWLEDGEABLE: Teachers should be knowledgeable in their field because their specialized content knowledge plays a critical role in determining what is done in classrooms and how students learn.

COOPERATIVE: Helps students develop the skills necessary to work on projects too difficult and complex for any one person to do in a reasonable amount of time.

Which of these qualities best describe you? Do you believe you could eventually make an excellent teacher? Why? Describe yourself.

What describes me is being spiritual. Because I grew up in the church, I got closer to God. So as a student teacher, it is important for me to possess being a spiritual person to be able to teach students properly.