What Constitutes A Good Teacher

Being a career tech teacher, I think an effective teacher is someone that is strong and knowledgeable in the field they are teaching. They also have a special way of delivering the information or knowledge to the students. I learn best from someone that is entertaining, but that is not always a proper method for teaching. Someone else may learn better from a lecture given by a well spoken instructor. I try to fall more on the lines of a well spoken instructor, but I think most of the time I still end up trying to be entertaining. I believe all of us are still honing in on our teacher skills. I believe we all have unique ideas of what a good teacher is because of the various ways we all tend to learn ourselves. We have all been in a class in college where we have thought the instructor was incredible and the person sitting directly next to us will say it is the worst instructor they have ever had. One of the things our school system is pushing is understanding your WHO. Each class that we teach has a different make-up than any other class. Our WHO differs from period to period. I would love to elaborate more on this, but I guess you could say I am still trying to figure out WHO I am first.