Seminar on

Teachers: role, responsibilities,

functions, characteristics,
competencies and qualities

Presented by
Bindiya R
Bhattacharjee
MSC 1st Sem
Roll no-02
 INTRODUC
A TION
“Teacher” is a person
: who delivers an educational
program, assesses students participation in an
educational program , and or administers or provides
consistent and substantial leadership to an educational
program. Teacher is the second parent who thinks good
for our future and teacher is the only person who helps
us to make the decision which is right for us.
o T: Talented
o E: Elegant
o A: Awesome
o C: Charming
o H: Helpful
o E: Efficient
o R: Receptive
 Definition
A program of education, research and training of
person to teach from pre-primary to higher education
level.

-National
Council for Teacher Education
Or
A teacher is a person who selects and organizes
teaching-learning methods, consciously planning and
controlling a situation directed to the achievement of
optimum student learning.
Or
Role of a
teacher
There are mainly three role in
teacher. Which are listed below:

 Instructional role.
 Faculty role
 Individual role
 Instructional
role:
• plan and organize courses.

• Create and maintain a desirable group

climate which will encourage and enhance
learning and will lead to the development of
learner self discipline.

• Adapt teaching and preparing the

instructional material to the varying interest,
needs and abilities of the students.

• Motivate the challenging students to pursue

 FACULTY
ROLE
The role of faculty will vary according to the philosophy,
objectives and setting of teaching institutions:

• Chairperson , secretary or member of one or more

committees
• Counsellor of students in matters(academic and
non-academic)
• Researchers
• Resource persons to groups outside the institution,
health agencies, or other schools
• A representative to professional nursing
organizations and other agencies for her faculty or for
 Individual
role:

• Plays a personal role as a member of

a family, a community and a citizen

• Dignified and distinct personality

 Responsibilities of a teacher:

The following statement of professional responsibilities

must be adhered to by all the teachers. In carrying out
their duties and responsibilities all teachers must:

• Be conscious of their special duty of care to the

students of the public education system in all educational
activities in and out of school.

• Demonstrate the highest standards of professional

behavior, exercise professional judgement and act in a
courteous and sensitive manner when interacting with
students parents and care givers staff and the public.
 Cont.
• Treat students equitability, including those with
disabilities or other special needs
• Meet the individual learning needs of students and
assist each student to maximize his or her learning
outcomes
• Effectively manage and implement programs for
child protection and student welfare
• Be familiar with the provision of legislation relevant
to their official responsibilities
• Perform their duties efficiently and effectively and
with honesty, integrity and fairness at all times
• Ensure that decisions are made fairly and conveyed
promptly both within the department and members of
the public who have a right to know.
Functions
of
teacher:
 Functions of
teacher:
The main functions of a teacher are:
• Character development
• Effective teaching and learning
• Curriculum development and implementation
• Adjusting individual differences
• Classroom management
• Evaluation of pupil performance
• Developing good family and community
development
• Total school effectiveness
• Professional growth and ethics
  Character development: teacher creates an
atmosphere which helps the students to build
his character and develops a respect for the
girls.
 Technique of teaching (effective teaching): he
first of all formulates the objectives of teaching
and plans well ahead Heof teaching.
constantly evaluates the
teaching learning method, Av aids used. student
progress to improve the performance of himself,

 Curriculum development and

implementation: teacher helps in the
development, implementation, and evaluation of
curricula.
Adjusting individual differences: he understands
the importance of individual differences and follows
various techniques to ensure that all students learned
equally.

Classroom management: he assigns responsibility

to pupils for the care and housekeeping of the physical
environment of the classroom.

Evaluating and reporting pupil’s performance: he

conducts periodic tests to measure the level of student
learning. He also periodically evaluates the
assignments, reports and other works submitted by the
students.
Characteristics of teacher:
There are some essential characteristics for teachers:
• Thorough knowledge
• Excellent speech and deliver
• Neatness and poise
• Sense of humor
• Broad interest
• Well balanced personality
• Professional well groomed
• Tolerant and fair, without partiality
• Kind and patient
• She should present outline to the students
• Clear exposition of subject matter
• Leadership ability as well as deeper knowledge
• Interest in student nurse and nursing
• Responsible systematic and stimulating, imaginative and creative
teacher
• Ever loving nature
• Keen observer supporter and listener
• Good communicator
Qualities of
teacher
• Knowledge about the subject matter: all
teachers need not be experts in their fields, but possessing
knowledge is important. Teachers must continue building their
understandings of their subjects throughout their careers.

• Patience: no teacher should be expected to have much

patience with individuals whose lack of discipline, immaturity or
indolence interrupts the work of other students. Patience with
students who are trying to learn.

• Intellectual curiosity: all good teachers are

intellectually curious and naturally driven by their interests in
keeping abreast of changes in their fields.
• Confidence: good teachers are confident in their abilities to sense
where students are in the learning process and in their students abilities to learn
material that is presented in a logical and graduated fashion.

• Compassion: talented teachers are able to work with students with

varying levels of maturity and knowledge. A college professor I know once made
the following his statement about his experience as a teacher. “Each year teaching
is more challenging for me, because I grow a year older and the students stay the
same age. The widening age gap forces me to stretch in order to reach them”.

• Achievement: experienced teachers have clear thoughts on what their

students should know at the end of the term, and they understand what they must
do along the way in order to reach those goals.
• Planning: teachers must have plans and stick to them.
Effective teachers sense when students need more time to absorb
the material and within limitations are willing to give it to them.

• Awareness: teachers in elementary and secondary schools

must have eyes in the backs of their heads. They need to be aware of
everything that happens in their classrooms and in adjacent
hallways.

• Mentorship: teachers are often serve as mentor to their

students. The desire to influence students positively is a core
motivation of many teachers when they enter the teaching
profession
• Maturity: in no profession maturity is more
important than in teaching. Students experience
emotional ups and downs and insightful teachers are
able to sense the changes and response to them
appropriately.

• Community involvement: maintain good community

relation is part of being a teacher, and teachers contact
with parents administrators and community leaders
enhances their effectiveness in the classroom.

• Organization: one-on-one tutoring is easy compared

to leading a classroom of students in a single direction.
Teachers must be able to manage students with
multiple personalities and organize their subject
matter.
• Vision: Teachers should be illuminators who provide their
students not only with interesting and useful material but
also with the vision of where they might end up if they learn
well.

• Context: every subject has context and teachers are

responsible for providing it to their students teachers must
show their students how their information their learning might
be used or might lead to the development of some other useful
skill.

• Mission: perhaps the most important thing teachers

communicate to students and to the community is a sense of
satisfaction with their choice of teaching as their life mission.
Conclusion:
A teacher has the opportunity to make a
difference in the life of children. Therefore needs
to be committed to developing essential
knowledge, skills and attributes to foster the
important role.
Generation of students will
help to improve their country and the whole world
because of teachers. By having good teacher that
will create knowledgeable generations. Teachers
who create knowledgeable generations can
create future teachers.
Bibliography:

• BHASKAR NIMA & BHASKAR ELAKKUVANA “TEXT BOOK OF

NURSING EDUCATIN” FIRST EDITION:2013, PUBLISHED BY EMMESS
MEDICAL PUBLISHERS, PAGE NO – 373-375
• SUDHA R. NURSING EDUCATION PRINCIPLES AND CONSEPTS.
FIRST EDITION: 2013. JAYPEE BROTHERS MEDICAL
PUBLISHERS(P)LTD. PAGE NO- 270-283
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