block1teacherroles

Below is a list of roles that a teacher can take on in a classroom. The role is in bold. Next to it is the group-determined definition of that role. Underneath it are two listings: positive characteristics of that role and negative characteristics of that role. After each posting is a horizontal rule. The names of the team members are listed at the end of the posting, the name of the person making the entry is listed first.

Positive: Impartial, Knowledgeable, an task and gets to the point smoothly. Negative: Highly opinionated, bad teacher, instructor is only teaching a method. (Leah, Ben, Jamye)
 * Instructor:** A person who conveys knowledge about a specific task or topic.

Positive: Fair, Maintains order, creates a safe learning environment. Negative: Not fair enough, too much order and not enough creativity. (Jamye, Leah, Ben)
 * Diciplinarian**: A person who is fair but keeps order and demands appropriate behavior.

Positive: solves problems, impartial. Negative: doesn't command order, (Ben, Jamye, Leah)
 * Mediator:** A person who listens to concerns of others and helps solve the problem.

Positive: understanding (hopefully), learning from bad things, be supportive Negative: kids hate you, many kids may be in denial, act like it's not a big deal (Bridget, Cassie, Katy, Jess)
 * Bearer of Bad News:** person who tells the students bad news

Positive: outsider's perspective, safe person, help students, reflects in school work Negative: overstep relationship boundaries, legal questions, showing favoritism, being too honest and making the student angry with you (Cassie, Bridget, Katy, Jess)
 * Counselor**: someone who listens and gives advice

Positive:Believes in, there for you, gets work dones, notices progress. Negative: Can push too hard, sometimes mean, sometimes coach too much. (Jess, Bridget, Cassie, Katy)
 * Coach:** someone who is there to guide and motivate others.

Positive: Role model, assists students towards success. Negative: Turns out to be a bad influence, a mentor for a negative reason. (Andrea, Jon, Evan)
 * Mentor/Listener:** a friendship on a more professional level.

Positive: Environment of equality, students enjoy class, may work to make the teacher happy. Negative: Not respected, incapable of controlling class, cannot instruct. (Evan, Andrea, Jon)
 * Friend:** a person who is concerned first and foremost with being liked by students.

Positive: Can push kids to limits they never knew they had. One of the highest learning potentials Negative: Can be emotionally straining for kids. Often disliked. Also possibility of lowest learning potentials if kids can't handle it and shut down. (Jon, Andrea, Evan)
 * Dictator:** A person who maintains order in the classroom with an iron fist. Their word is law.

Positive: Interested students learn better, students tend to remember more when they are having fun, and students actually want to attend the class. Negative: Not taken seriously, doesn't finish needed material, loses authority, and students do not do work because they think the teacher is a joke. (Katy, Jess, Bridget, Cassie)
 * Entertainer:** Keeps students interested and makes learning fun.