What qualities account for gifted teachers?
Certainly enthusiasm, expertise in subject matter, knowing how to treat each child with respect, showing consistency and fairness when the time comes for discipline.
Other qualities include being creative, independent, spontaneous, practical, and perhaps harboring a willingness to bend the rules occasionally. For often it is the least orthodox teacher who makes the biggest difference in the lives of students and their continued success, in and out of class and beyond.
via Alamo Elementary fourth-grade teacher named Vacaville Unified ….