- What do you think is the most challenging role a teacher plays? Why?
There are many roles played by teachers and they all work together in order to provide students with the best possible education. I believe that each role played by a teacher has unique challenges and in every classroom the role that is the most difficult changes. As I have learned about the different roles of a teacher and with my experience one of the roles that I think can be particularly challenging is working with parents, or the role of "parent advocate".
Education of a child does not start and end when they enter and leave the classroom. The importance of what happens outside of a classroom, and inside of the home is vital. One of the responsibilities of teachers, that I was able to be a part of this year, was parent teacher conference. Teachers use the assessments, their professional opinions, and the relationships built with the children to help parents understand better what is going on with a child while they are at school. Parents can be the biggest help for students and teachers but at times I imagine it is difficult to see children have rough home lives, unsupportive parents, or parents that are critical of your teaching.
I see three relationship as being the most important for a good education, the relationship between teacher and student, student and parent, and parent and teacher. If any of these roles aren't functioning well than the education of the child is at risk. Parents place an immense amount of responsibility on teachers for the growth of their students, and as an educator you rely heavily on parents to help you achieve your goals. This would be extremely challenging.
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