A teacher is a person who provides education for pupils (children) and students (adults).

The role of teacher is often formal and ongoing, carried out at a school or other place of formal education. Teaching refers to the process of imparting knowledge and skills from a teacher to a learner. It encompasses the activities of educating or instructing. It is an act or experience that has a formative effect on the mind, character or physical ability of an individual. Teaching is an important and well regarded profession within our community and people from all walks of life find it a professionally and personally rewarding career choice. It is a unique profession because everyone has been in a school setting and seen teachers in action, even if just as a school student. But do you really know what teachers do, where teachers work and what kinds of teachers there are? While the principal provides educational leadership for the school and sets the general direction and ethos for all staff, students and community members, teachers play a key role in delivery of quality education to students including: planning, preparing and delivering effective teaching and learning programs for every student in allocated classes and/or groups establishing and maintaining a supportive school environment contributing to the development and implementation of the school objectives and school planning assisting with the management and further development of school personnel, financial, information and technology assets and facilities to ensure their optimum use. Each day, teachers: work with students of different ages and abilities prepare lessons and teaching materials assess student progress liaise with non-teaching staff such as teacher aides and therapists engage with parents and guardians work with colleagues and in professional teams are involved in extra curricula activities, school excursions and performances and sporting events, and continue their professional development. School teachers work in many different types of schools and educational settings to support learners with a diverse range of ages, cultures, learning needs and interests. The settings that most people are familiar with include: Kindergarten, Primary schools, Secondary schools, College and University. There are many different types of teachers. If you have an interest in a specific subject area, or enjoy working with a particular age group, you may be suited to a specialist area of teaching. If you like spending time with young children, you could become a early childhood teacher or primary teacher. If you like working with adolescents you could become Junior Secondary teacher. If you like mathematics, reasoning or problem solving you could become mathematics teacher. If you like physics, chemistry, biology, or marine science you could become a science teacher. If you like helping

people who have special needs you could become special education or learning support teacher Teaching is a career that provides challenges, excitement, personal reward and a chance to encourage and support others to achieve their goals. There are many personal qualities and skills that make someone a good teacher. These include: being good at explaining things to others being a people person and enjoy working with a wide range of people enthusiasm having a strong knowledge in particular subject areas being a good time manager ability to work in a team as well as using your own initiative keeping your cool under pressure having patience and a good sense of humour being fair-minded coping well with change enjoying a challenge. In my opinion, a teacher need to set a good example. It is important for a teacher to be like a "superhero" figure in their students eyes. All students look up to teachers and will thus try to mimic their dispositions. If a teacher is rude or inappropriate, they will have an inappropriate model for their behaviour. It is vital that students see a person with confidence, so that they follow any lead, and feel comfortable trusting on their teacher. Students, of all ages, need someone they can lean on, look up to, and be able to trust. On the other hand, a teacher should have well-defined consequences. Set specific consequences for breaking the rules. Decide what those consequences are and then implement them consistently. A teachers consequences should follow a procedure that starts with a non-verbal signal (such as just looking at the student), to a verbal signal (asking the student to please stop talking), to a verbal warning (if this continues there will be consequences), to the implementation of the consequence. A teacher also need to be compassionate. Great educators form strong relationships with their students and show that they care about them as people. They are warm, accessible, enthusiastic and caring. Be open to staying at school after-hours to help students or get involved in school-wide committees and activities, and they demonstrate a commitment to the school. Try maintaining a creative environment. Maintain peace in the classroom. Never let your students down when they come to you with their problems. Even if the problems are out of syllabus, try to help the student by using the Internet or library. It would gain both of you some knowledge. Create competition in a positive aspect. Be smart to deviate attention of students from everything else to the topic.

In conclusion, good teachers know that by listening to and working with colleagues, parents, other professionals and community members that they can inspire students and improve their learning.