How to Be a Successful Teacher

I decided to study english becouse I like learning foreign languages. Nowing a foreign language (or more than one) means that you have more possibilites to communicate with people from different places and cultures. You can also find a job easily. Then, when I finished the bachelor I decided to study teaching. I want my students to learn from me. The first semester and the second too, we had some subjects about teaching. The more we engage with the subjects, more we confront with the reality of how much difficult is being a teacher. 

In fact teaching at any level is a challenging occupation: students can be demanding, the grading often feels endless, and talking in front of a room full of people gives many teachers anxiety. However, like any other worthwhile professional pursuit, teaching has a learning curve. Once you’ve learned to feel comfortable in front of your students, teaching will become a fun, rewarding job. You can become a successful teacher (at any pedagogical level) by preparing ahead of time, successfully managing your classroom, and engaging directly with students.
This time I will deal with the menagement of classroom. 
There are 5 important points that you should remember when you enter in class and start teaching.

Managing the classroom

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   Decide on your classroom policies, then follow through. It’s important to show your students that there are specific guidelines that they need to follow in your classroom. Clearly state these policies on your syllabus, and expect your students to follow the policies. For example, consider:
   

   • Will you allow students to use their cell phones while in class?
   • Can students take notes on a laptop computer or tablet?
   • How many times can a student arrive late before they lose points?
   • Although some of these may be school-wide policies that you have no control over, you should still enforce and follow through on them.
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   Maintain your authority over the classroom. While teachers should not be seen as authoritarian, it’s important that you do act with authority. Show that you are effectively leading the class by explaining the daily class schedule ahead of time, and keeping the class focused on the lesson.
   

   • Be clear that when you are speaking, all student conversation needs to stop.
   • Don’t hesitate to call out individual students; say something like, “Please don’t speak over me, and raise your hand if you have a question.”
   • Politely but firmly insist that students put away their phones, and computers as well, if your students are browsing the internet rather than taking notes.
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   Dress like a professional. The way you dress and act plays a large roll in how you are seen by your students. Both men and women—especially teachers in their 20s—should dress professionally.
   

   • Wear a jacket, a shirt and tie; wear a dress or skirt to look more professional and, consequently, more authoritative.
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   Plan out how the class will spend its time every period. This should be a standard part of your lesson planning. It’s better to plan too many activities for any given class period than too few. If you have an extra activity, save it for a day when you get through your lesson more quickly than anticipated.
   

   • Aim for each activity to take about 25 minutes. This will give you a rough estimate of how many activities you can plan in a class period. If you have a 50 minute class period, plan on two major activities.
   • Have your students complete a quiz and then participate in a group discussion. Or, for younger students, ask them to complete a hands-on activity in a group, then individually write a summary of what they learned.
   • Don’t plan to improvise or change plans in the middle of class.
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   Act confidently, even if you don’t always feel confident. One of the most challenging parts of teaching—especially for new teachers—is showing confidence in front of a classroom full of strangers. Even if you don’t feel confident at first, fake it—students usually can’t tell the difference, and your classroom successes will turn into genuine confidence soon enough.
   

   • Use occasional humor in the classroom. Humor can often show confidence; it makes you look like you are in control of a situation if you can inject occasional humor.^[5]
   • Show confidence by your physical presence. Don’t huddle in a corner of the classroom. During every class period, stand up, move around, gesture with your arms, and write on the whiteboard. These motions will make you appear confident and dynamic.                                                                                                                   Hope you will enjoy and the most important it will be useful for you.