Being A Succesful Elementary School Teacher. See My Tips

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To be an elementary school teacher is my dream. Not all people have desire to be teacher, but dedicate to be teacher is one purpose on my life. Meet new student each years make me always curious about them. Especially if you teach on low grade, you will find and face some student that will make you busy. But don’t worry sometimes their behave can make you happy, their uniqueness each student is also challenge for you.

That’s  way be an elementary school make you always happy. You will find any character each student like naughty, shy, active and others. Be an elementary school teacher is not easy. We have to teach, care, instill character and also foster their skill.   

There is no specific set of rule on how to be elementary school teacher in the 21st century. The most important you should graduated from elementary school program in university or in indonesian we called as PGSD (Pendidikan Guru Sekolah Dasar). But now, to be elementary school teacher not only person that graduated from teacher program in university, but also on other course like technic, biology, math also can be an elementary school. It is depending the institution when recruit teacher. 

Some schools are open to to receive person from other background study, not just from teacher program. May be we think that phenomena is not ideal and proper with the rule or regulation. But forget it, now we focus to talk about how to be succesful elementary school teacher. Lets check it out

Consistensy is key

if your life is dedicated for education. So we must totally do the best for our student and school. We have to make our student understand about anything not just primary suject like math, science, language and art. We also don’t regret to be teacher if you see the salary or revenue each month is not enough for your life. We know especially for honorary teacher must understand the risk and consequent about it.

Small revenue is not make you down to always teach your student. Think the small salary is only make your work not focus with your chore give knowledge to your student. Lets forget about salary, we will proud if all of your student understand about the material and get good mark for each chapter. You also happy if your student join the competition and also win, not other will pay for this moment.

As the teacher we must be creative and not only depending with the salary on your school. We can create something that relate either with your job or  your hobby. We can establish conseling study, build english course, make cake, food, drink  or you try bussines like online shop. But we must realize that our task is teaching so don’t forget to always focus with your part job.

Make classroom rules and put it on the wall

This rule is have purpose to make good condition in classroom. We know that each student have different character so we must controll their behave. Make a simply rules such as listening when teacher explain the lesson, don’t speak with other, don’t disturb during lesson, don’t eat or drink in the lesson and many more. 

Teacher can compose and compile some rules in a paper and don’t forget to explain each rule and put the rules in the wall, so all student will see and remember about the rules. After make the rules teacher also must give information relate reward and consequent if the student obey or disobedience the rule.

Create fun learning

the main duties for an elementary school teacher is to provide an educational foundation in the future. As teacher also want all the student enjoy and understand all the subject. We can use many strategies and model to create a learning enviroment that elicit student to active and participate during lesson. Not just give knowledge and ask the student to memorize all the material. 

Rote ways is an old strategy that only make your student boring and this strategy not make the student remember the information in long term. So teacher must be interactive and creative in the learning, create something that ignites their intellectual curiosity. Here just a few example

1.    Develop and use creative learning. Teach your student not only just give information by speaking but we can create the learning more interesting and make the student enjoy with the lesson. Teacher also can combine with the game in the learning, I think its way to make student not too boring with the lesson

2.    Teacher also can make experiment activity, it aim to make the student more think critis and can solve the any problem from the lesson. Find the information by self through research or experiment make the student remember about the information for long time. 

Teacher must have sense of humor

Humor is very important to make the situation in the classroom more interesting and fun. Too serious in the learning is also will make our student tired and boring. You can imagine your student start study from 07.00 am until 12.00 pm for some subject and if  you only using rote method for every subject, so its obviusly not good for student

Collaborate with other teacher

We also can ask to other teacher about anything. We sure that we still need more information relate about education. For instance  method, curriculum, lesson plan, tips and trick how to treat and face the problem. Share your story and  problem to other teacher is also make you know about your weakness and your strengh. I believe your friend will give you solution to face your problem. Learning from experienced teacher can help you tremendously.

Being a teacher in elementary school is both a big challenge and opportunity. The challenge is teacher not only busy with their administration, lesson planning, method,  teach but also build their character. The opportunity is we can meet and know the character each student, opportunity to fun together, laugh together, share and listen the story form our student.