Humility

Life is life. Life goes wrong! Things go wrong. The last time I was wrong in a “schoolwork” sense was on my last French assignment, but the last time I was wrong in the “life” sense was…oh, everyday! We face things in our everyday lives that offer us a choice. Often, because we are human, we make a decision that ends up being wrong because we didn’t think it all the way through, etc. The important thing for a teacher to do when it comes to being right and wrong is create an environment where their students feel like it’s okay for them to be wrong, and not be judged. They can make wrong choices or answers and still be accepted, simply because they’re human and that’s what we do. Teachers need to teach their students to have humility and confidence at the same time. A level of confidence that does not exude ignorance or arrogance but a level that comes off in a way that you don’t look stupid, just so you seem aware that there’s always room for improvement. To know that you can always improve and be a better person does not mean that you’re not confident. A teacher must not encourage the kids who are rude or arrogant, but more encourage kids in a quiet way that exudes confidence in a humble way. Maybe the teacher could write what they enjoy about their manner on a test or in a conference with them and their parents. The non-humble students will then figure out that their attitude is not working with that particular teacher and will drop the over-confident attitude.

Collaboration

When I think of an effective team, I think of a group of people that can work together and push past problems and difficulties to create a successful product or outcome. To collaborate means to work together in a sense that everybody brings their own skills and ideas to the table and evaluate everything together until an end product has been made. People can bounce ideas off of one another in order to figure out what will work and what will not work. The difference between collaborating and simply “group work” is that often “group work” is done in an inefficient and unevenly distributed way. Different members step up to be the leader, and they end up doing most of the work while the others just watch and talk. But collaboration encompasses even distribution of work to all members of the group and the brainstorming is done together. The benefit of collaboration instead of "group work" is that each member will learn how to pull their own weight in group settings, as well as hear and modify their ideas and other people's ideas by working toward a similar goal.

Efficacy

A highly effective teacher must teach his/her students to have self-awareness, confidence, persistence, and work ethic. Before one is able to accomplish teaching these characteristics, the teacher must demonstrate these. Naturally, I think it’s people who have these characteristics built into their core that choose to go into the teaching profession because we are all aware that they are so necessary.
If you have self-awareness, this will help because you go about tasks in a conscientious way, knowing what the consequences and outcomes of your actions will be. Confidence is vital due to varied and sometimes crazy teaching environments; kids love to find weakness and will find ways to prey on it. If confidence is exuded, than you will be more likely to be respected. Persistence will allow you to keep working at something until you find the right way to do it, this will apply to your classroom in many ways. For instance, getting through to students or understanding them is hard, so not giving up is essential, you just have to persist until you find the right approach. Work ethic goes along with this well. Teaching doesn’t just stop once you step outside of the classroom. It’s important to stay professional around co-workers as well as in your community to establish respect. Showing up to kids sporting events and concerts is equally important to show further interest in kids lives outside of the classroom, that way, relationships have the ability to form.
These attributes are mainly developed through practice. In all that we do now in the present, we must be mindful of these qualities. The more we revert to them in everyday life, the more natural they will become to us.