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.