Polled some of my kids today on how they can tell if a teacher is going to be ineffective or not. Without any ordering or filtering, here were some of the first day warnings they had:
- Angry or mean face
- Condescending attitude
- Messy/disorganized classroom(+)[1]
- Too emotional
- Yelling (++)
- Too friendly
- Too much info too fast
- No explanations
- Sending people out without a warning
- No respect/reciprocity
- Stuttering/Mumbling
- Using too much technology/spending time on the phone/ignoring students
- Tough attitude
- Acts frustrated
- Rushes through stuff
- Too strict and inflexible
- No organization for seating
- Judges students based on appearance
1 (+) indicates an identical response from more than one class.
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