Roles and Functions of Teaching in The School

Roles and Functions of Teaching in the School
Cristine Joy J. Corsiga

Ranulfo P. Delima Jr.
Cythel G. Frio
Model
Students look to teachers as examples of professional adults. They often have
more contact with their teachers than their own parents, so it's important for teachers to
always reflect a positive image and teach children things like respect, trust, and
responsibility A teacher can do this through his actions and words in the classroom,
leading by example.
Teachers are there not only to teach the children, but also to love and care for
them. Teachers are typically highly respected by people in the community and therefore
become a role model to students and parents.
Motivator
Motivation in teaching is an essential process of effective teaching.
Motivation is a very strong factor for the educators to educate the people. If the
motivation is powerful and strong, the rest of process will be easy and comfortable.
Students affect from the different factors. They attract by different things. If they find
anything attractive and useful, they pay a proper attention but if they feel anything
useless, they get tired and bored. So, a proper motivation moves them to grasp the
lesson carefully and seriously
According to Wingfield, Gardner – claims that a motivated individual puts forward
effort to achieve the goal, is persistent and attentive to the task at hand, enjoys striving
through the goal, regards success as positive reinforcement, and makes use of
strategies to achieve the goal. Hence, motivation is goal-directed behavior
Coaches
Coaching is a method for helping move someone from A to B. It is not about
presenting specialized knowledge (of geography or biology or calculus) or giving
answers. It is about setting students on a path toward reaching a goal. This teacher
engages in conversations that lead students toward insightful action. Students then
have ownership over their learning and are accountable for their growth.
The goal is to help students improve their own performance.
Teachers use mirroring statements, reflecting the student’s own language back in
order to build understanding together. And they show students how to adopt different
lenses so they can see various ways around a learning problem.
Provider of Information
This is the traditional role of the teacher. The teacher lectures the students on a
particular subject, through lessons that build on students' prior knowledge and moves
them toward a deeper understanding of the subject at hand.
The teacher is a kind of walking resource center ready to offer help if needed, or
provide learners with whatever language they lack when performing communicative
activities. The teacher must make her/himself available so that learners can consult
her/him when (and only when) it is absolutely necessary.
Parent Surrogate
Many students suffer from lack of parental contact at home. In fact, there are
students whose parents leave for work before they wake up for school, and who return
from work after they've gone to bed. Parents may be either working many hours and
unable to be with their children or they're absent from their children's lives
As a teacher, you may find certain students who lean on you for support and
come to you for advice or to share their good news. Positive adult contact is crucial to
raising well-balanced children, and teachers are often given the charge of being
surrogate parents for their students
The Organizer
Perhaps the most difficult and important role the teacher has to play. The
success of many activities depends on good organization and on the students knowing
exactly what they are to do next. Giving instructions is vital in this role as well as setting
up activities.
The organizer can also serve as a demonstrator, this role also allows a teacher
to get involved and engaged with learners. The teacher also serves to open and neatly
close activities and also give content feedback.
Creating Classroom Environment
Teachers also play an important role in the classroom when it comes to the
environment. Students often mimic a teacher’s actions. If the teacher prepares a warm,
happy environment, students are more likely to be happy. An environment set by the
teacher can be either positive or negative. If students sense the teacher is angry,
students may react negatively to that and therefore learning can be impaired. Teachers
are responsible for the social behavior in their classrooms. This behavior is primarily a
reflection of the teacher’s actions and the environment she sets.
Facilitators
According to Harmer, J. (2007), the term ‘facilitator’ is used by many authors to
describe a particular kind of teacher, one who is democratic (where the teacher shares
some of the leadership with the students) rather than autocratic (where the teacher is in
control of everything that goes on in the classroom), and one who fosters learner
autonomy (where students not only learn on their own but also take responsibility for
that learning) through the use of group and pair work and by acting as more of a
resource than a transmitter of knowledge.
This means shifting roles from a lecturer to a facilitator who provides resources,
monitors progress and encourages students to problem solve. Teachers reap benefits
when they see how excited their students are about applying their knowledge to solve a
problem. Teachers must teach students to manage their own learning.
Counselor
Teachers provides counsel (giving guidance or advise) to students who is usually
in some position of need or requires help.
Curriculum Specialist
Understanding content standards, how various components of the curriculum link

together, and how to use the curriculum in planning instruction and assessment is
essential to ensuring consistent curriculum implementation throughout a school.
Curriculum specialists lead teachers to agree on standards, follow the adopted
curriculum, use common pacing charts, and develop shared assessments.
Assessor
The teacher assumes this role to see how well students are performing or how
well they performed. Feedback and correction are organized and carried out.
There are a variety of ways we can grade learners. The role of an assessor gives
teachers an opportunity to correct learners. However, if it is not communicated with
sensitivity and support it could prove counter-productive to a student’s self-esteem and
confidence in learning the target language
As an assessor, a teacher must think critically, creatively, and logically.
Assessing students gives the teacher an idea of how students learn, their attitudes,
what skills they have, what skills they are working on, and how they are progressing.
School Leader
Being a school leader means serving on a committee, such as a school
improvement team; acting as a grade-level or department chair; supporting school
initiatives; or representing the school on community or district task forces or
committees. A school leader shares the vision of the school, aligns his or her
professional goals with those of the school and district, and shares responsibility for the
success of the school as a whole.

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