What Is An Effective Teacher?

Based on Lorin W. Andersons

Increasing Teachers Effectiveness

What Is An Effective Teacher?

Effective teachers are those who
achieve the goals they set for
themselves or have set for them by
others (e.g., school administrators,
ministries of education)
the assumption is that effective
teachers tend to be purposeful and
goal-oriented. - Lorin W. Anderson

What Is An Effective Teacher?

effective teachers must possess the
knowledge and skills needed to attain
the goals
... In Medley's (1982) terms, the
possession of knowledge and skills falls
under the rubric of teacher competence.
In contrast, the use of knowledge and
skills
in the classroom is referred to as teacher
performance.

What Is An Effective Teacher?

Medley (1982) asserts, "teacher effectiveness
must be defined, and can only be assessed,
in terms of behaviours and learning of
students, not behaviours of teachers" (p.
1894).
Also, in this regard, the World Bank (1990)
suggests that "countries must emphasize
students' learning as the key policy
objective" (p. 54).
second assumption is that effective teacher
is transformational or change agent.

What Is An Effective Teacher?

the degree to which a given teacher is
effective depends to a certain extent on
the goals being pursued by that teacher
(Porter and Brophy 1988).
A third assumption is that no teacher is
effective all the time.

What Is An Effective Teacher?

the degree to which a teacher is
effective also depends to a large extent
on the students
being taught by the teacher.
A secondary school mathematics teacher
may be particularly adept with students
who are well motivated to learn
mathematics, but have great difficulty
with those who wonder why they have to
learn mathematics in the first place.

In summary, then
an effective teacher is one who quite
consistently achieves goals which either
directly or indirectly focus on the
learning of their students.

Effective Teacher

5 Cs of an Effective Teacher
Clear-Cut Goals In Mind
Competent To Achieve These Goals
Character That Influences & Transforms
Compassion
Committed