Characteristics of highly effective
teachers
and
Leading a satisfying life through Personal
and professional growth
May 20, 2021
Introduction
This paper contains a
report on a cluster-based workshop conducted for the teachers of government and
private schools on the topic “ten characteristics of highly effective teachers”
and “personal and professional growth through life satisfaction”. The process,
achievements, challenges, and recommendations have been discussed. The workshop
started at 12:20pm sharp on May 18, 2021, and ended at 2:50pm. Total 29-course participants,
six males, and 23 females attended the workshop.
Objectives
The objectives of the workshop were:
·
Providing teachers
with an opportunity to understand the characteristics of highly effective
teachers.
·
Providing an
opportunity for the teachers to learn from each others’ experiences
·
Orienting teachers
with the ways to lead a satisfying life through personal and professional growth
Process
The session was started with the recitation of some
verses from the Holy Quran. The course Facilitator (CF) said welcome to the
participants and shared the objectives of the workshop. After that the Course Participants
(CPs) were asked to share their understanding of the characteristics of an
effective teacher. Concluding and summarizing the responses of CPs, the CF-related that with the characteristics of highly effective teachers identified
by various research studies.
A multimedia presentation was delivered by the CF
involving CPs while generating discussion on certain points. CPs provided
examples from their daily and classroom lives. Questions were asked by CPs to
clarify their misconception on various slides of the presentation.
After a short break, another presentation was delivered on the topic “leading
a satisfying life through personal and professional growth”. During this
presentation CPs asked questions, challenged ideas of each other, shared their
own achievements and challenges regarding the application of new learning. CF
explained various techniques with the help of examples of satisfying the lives
of personal and professional growth.
In the end, one of the CPs from different schools shared their
reflections. They said such type of sessions needs to be conducted frequently.
They thanked the CF for providing a conducive and lively environment for the workshop.
Achievements
- 29 teachers were provided
with an opportunity to enhance their understanding of characteristics of
highly effective teachers and life satisfaction through personal and
professional growth
- CF conducted
workshop while providing a lively and conducive environment for learning
·
One of the CPs demanded that such types of workshops need to be conducted
for individuals belong to other professions as well
Challenges
- Skewed level of
understanding among the CPs as there were some highly qualified teachers
while some had no strong background in secular education
- Strong traditional
beliefs among some of the CPs regarding students, content, teaching
methodology and assessment procedure, school and corporal punishment, etc
·
Insufficient budget allocation for workshop
Recommendations
- Facilitators should have equipped with required digital technology in order to make such sessions productive
- Follow up needs to be done after such types of workshops
- The budget needs to be increased for such workshops where CPs could be given transport facilities as well
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