Meaningful Learning

I think the skills most important as an educator include working creatively with others. I think that teachers, especially in lower grade levels must be able to uniquely display the lesson they are trying to teach so that the children will remember it. Along with being creative, the skill of communicating is important for instructors to have. A teacher’s lesson must be delivered clearly and in a way that an elementary aged student will understand. The last skill that I view as having the most importance as an educator, using systems thinking, makes sense to have because many times, when students under stand the many parts to the whole, they can put together the larger concepts easier. In my opinion, these three skills make for an effective teacher.