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365 Characteristics Of Good Teachers


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365 Reasons

John Dabell

I trained as a primary school teacher 25 years ago, starting my career in London and then I taught in a range of schools in the Midlands. In between teaching jobs, I worked as an Ofsted inspector (no hate mail please!), national in-service provider, project...
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Are you a good teacher?

Good teachers are effective teachers. They are also great but never outstanding as outstanding doesn't exist. But what does a good one look like?

Everyone seems to have an opinion about what makes a top teacher, a great teacher and what effective teachers 'do right'. There can never be any real consensus or 'absolute' that we can template although research points to some key features. I've collected together 365 insights to demonstrate to people outside of the teaching profession, what these cherished characteristics are.

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26th December 20182nd March 2023 by John Dabell
Posted in Academic Research, Basic Account, CPD, Teaching and LearningTagged Assessment, Characteristics of Effective Learning, child-centred, Learning, Outstanding, Professional development, superpowers, teaching, The Policy Exchange, Wellbeing, Workload

17 thoughts on “365 Characteristics Of Good Teachers”

  1. Faith Ani says:
    6th September 2019 at 5:26 pm

    Thank you for this post. A teacher is basically an adopted parent. It’s just sad that people do not appreciate the teaching job enough and always look do on it. Anyone should be proud to be a teacher!

  2. Damian says:
    23rd March 2020 at 10:38 am

    Thank you for this wonderful article. I am a teacher and I know the joy in teaching. A teacher is basically an followed parent. It’s just sad that people do not admire the coaching job enough and always appearance do on it. Anyone need to be proud to be a teacher!

  3. PROJECTS NG says:
    25th March 2020 at 8:26 am

    I know what it feels to be a teacher. During my student teacher training, I was actually appreciated very much in the community I served here. Let’s continue developing.

  4. Iproject says:
    10th April 2020 at 2:50 pm

    i love teaching and i will never stop teaching

  5. Oty Emmanuel says:
    13th April 2020 at 12:33 am

    This must have taken you time to compile. Really a laudable and great Job. Keep up the Nice work sir.

  6. Classgist says:
    2nd May 2020 at 4:03 pm

    We celebrate teachers all over the world. Teachers are the backbone of any society. One good teacher is equal to 10+ tomorrow leaders.

  7. Jeremy Adams says:
    25th June 2021 at 3:15 pm

    but why are teachers underpaid since the profession is such a perfect one??

  8. Renu Singh says:
    16th July 2021 at 2:24 am

    Teaching gives me a purpose to live. Every moment is” Eureka moment” for me!
    I am blessed to be in this profession

  9. iProject Materials says:
    11th October 2022 at 5:22 am

    The teaching profession is a nice one.

  10. Chibuzor Charles says:
    11th October 2022 at 5:23 am

    I wish the government can look into the money allocated to teaching. Those people do alot… They should be paid well

  11. Neeraj Kirola says:
    27th December 2022 at 2:27 pm

    Agree with these Characteristics of good teacher

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