How to be a good teacher

Education is the backbone of the nation and society, and education can lift up human to be better. Education is also reflecting a quality of the nation. The most important instrument in education is teacher. Teacher has the major role in running education. A teacher should reflect character, behavior, and good manner for students. The writer will give some ways to the reader about how to be a good teacher. There are several things that are required to be a good teacher, such as classroom management, mastery material, and good attitude.
In learning teaching activities, teacher has to be able turn a classroom atmosphere. There are some ways to turn the classroom atmosphere. Firstly, teacher should have creative ways. For example, teacher can combine learning with games or quizzes. The aim is to make students interested in the material. Off course the teachers should use games or quizzes which still related to the material. This is one of the examples, teacher commands the students to make group, and each group should scramble to answer teacher's question, then the teacher will give reward to group which win the game. Another way to turn the classroom atmosphere is teacher should set the classroom atmosphere to be serious and relax. Students will easily get bored with teachers that teach too seriously. Teachers should be able to recognize the condition. When the classroom atmosphere feels too serious, teacher can give a little joke to melt down the atmosphere. So, teacher can turn a classroom atmosphere at least with two ways such as, teaching in creative ways and set the classroom to be serious and relax.
Another thing that teachers should pay attention is the mastery of material. A teacher has to be master in all materials that will be taught. Teachers should prepare the material and the lesson plan, so teacher can teach systematically. When the teachers prepare and make lesson plan, at that time teachers are also studying about its material. Lesson plan really useful to teachers, for it can helps teachers remember and master the material. Besides, the teachers should always looking for references to update the knowledge. Teachers should have many references such as the current issues in teaching and the current knowledge, so that they can give the wide knowledge to their students. So that, if teachers want to master the material, they have to prepare good lesson plan, keep learning and keep looking for references.
Next, teachers as a model have a big effect to their students. Students will imitate behavior of their teachers, so teachers should have a good attitude. The first that teachers should have is a good creed. Based on this country’s principle, each society has to be a religious person, so the teachers who have a good creed may be able to persuade their students to be a religious person. In addition, teacher is able to control emotion and be wise person. Teachers should not be easily angry in class and should not be easily upset by the student’s behavior. If teachers can’t control emotion, the atmosphere in class will be uncomfortable and it makes the student strained. They are also have to be a wise person. They have to assess objectively and teacher shouldn't differentiate between low learners and high learners. Last thing that teachers should pay attention is they always appear cheerful in front of class. They should not bring problems from home or from anywhere when teaching. They have to look happy in front of class whatever the circumstances are. As a result, teachers as a model should have good attitude, such as be a religious person, be a wise person, be a patient and be cheerful person, for the students will imitate their attitude.
To conclude, although it is not easy to be a good teacher, but teacher should keep practicing to be a good teacher, so they can produce qualified students. Teachers have to make their attitude good first before they can produce qualified students. If a they have had all those criteria, it can be said that they have become a good teacher. That is all explanation about how to be a good teacher. The writer hopes those steps above can help the readers to be a good teacher.