Using Examples To Explain What Makes A Good Teacher

1. Mr. Escalante is an outstanding teacher for the main purpose that he expects greatness from his students and he's willing to go out of his way to enable them to succeed. During a conference meeting with all the teachers about losing accreditation  at the school, the administrators were talking about how low reaching the students were at their school. Mr. Escalante stood up to the board and stated that the only reason why they are not achieving academically is that the teachers were not doing their part and motivating them to become great. This proves that Mr. Escalante genuinely cared for the success of his students. He even went out of his way teaching the required prerequisites for AP Calculus during summer in order to teach it to them during their senior year. Even after the school told them that the facilities were only meant for remedial students, Mr. Escalante coordinated at a different avenue in sub par conditions to teach the students.

2.I think Dan Brown would whole-heartily agree that Mr. Escalante was a good teacher. Dan Brown states that, "Great teachers have strong relationships with students' families and engage in meaningful ways with the larger community." Mr. Escalante shows his passion by going to a student's place of work after she told him she couldn't take his class anymore due to working long hours at her father's restaurant. Mr. Escalante shows up at the restaurant and tries to persuade the father to let her daughter succeed in school. Mr. Escalante also went out to the community to help teach English during the night.

3.Sir Ken Robinson's criteria for being a good teacher is to go beyond the textbook and dreaded syllabus and inspire the students. He talks about how aged the education system is and how its extremely unfocused on the future. Sir Robinson believes that teachers today should look to find other means to gain the attention of students because not every student is made to learn from reading texts and listening to lectures. He believes that mathmatics and science is not the only aptitude for intelligence but also creativity in dance and the arts is shows a remarkable use of intelligence, also.


4. Sir Ken Robinson's criteria for being a good teacher is to go beyond the textbook and dreaded syllabus and inspire the students. I think Sir Robinson would both agree and disagree with some of Mr. Escalante's teaching style. Sir Robinson believed to instill creativity while trying to build a common ground for the students. Mr. Escalante would bring in visual aids just like in the time he brought a cleaver and an apple to show the students fractions. He also would use jokes and common everyday problems to help solve in the math class. Mr. Escalante was also very rigid with his rules in which Sir Robinson might not agree with. Mr. Escalante had a very disciplined, no excuses policy in which if you didn't show up for class on time don't bother showing up at all. This was shown when one of the students showed up late while taking his grandma to the hospital. Mr. Escalante didn't even acknowledge the student for a reason and immediately dismissed him from the class due to his tardiness.