1. Effective Teachers: Personal Attributes and Characteristics
Chapter 11

2. Research on Teaching Difficulty defining effective teaching
In student achievement, SES overshadows all other variables
Other variables include:
Qualities of the teacher
Educational aspirations or motivation of students

3. How Do We Know Teachers Are Effective?
Rated according to their ability to help students gain the most from instruction
Performance on standardized tests

4. Personal Attributes Identified with Effective Teachers

5. Motivating Personality
Enthusiasm
Variety
Warmth and humor

6. Orientation Toward Success
Teachers believe in their own
and their students’ ability to be successful

7. Professional Demeanor
Focused on helping students learn
Professionally knowledgeable
Businesslike
Seen as credible and worthy of trust

8. Motivating Personality Enthusiasm
Convey confidence to students
Convey enjoyment and value of subject
Interest and involvement
Vigor
Physical dynamism

9. Motivating Personality How Enthusiasm Is Conveyed
Using variety in speech, gestures, and facial expressions
Moving around the room
Maintaining eye contact
Encouraging participation
Soliciting input from students
Maintaining a brisk lesson pace

10. Motivating Personality How Warmth Is Shown
Through positive and supportive interpersonal relationships with students
By letting students get a sense of one’s personality (“real people”)
By showing friendliness
By maintaining a positive attitude
By demonstrating an interest in students as individuals
By appearing to be open and willing to work with students

11. Motivating Personality Humor
Spontaneous
Ability to laugh when something funny occurs in the classroom
Avoid teasing and sarcasm
Deliberate or planned
Plan lessons which incorporate or point out amusing aspects of a topic

12. Motivating Personality Credibility
Credentials
Messages you send to students
Relate topics to their interest and needs
Behavior
Being open, honest, and equitable in dealings with students
Soliciting and accepting students’ comments or criticism
Defining expectations
Demonstrating interest and concern for student success

13. Orientation for Success High Expectations for Success
Self-efficacy
Expectations for student success
Self-fulfilling prophecy
Set realistic goals
Sustain and modify expectations
Convey goals clearly
Work to provide each student with the
opportunity to succeed
Provide remediation

14. Professional Demeanor Businesslike
Emphasize activities most likely to help students learn
Offer clearly defined learning outcomes/goal-oriented
Seriousness
Deliberateness
Organized
Adaptable/flexible
Knowledgeable