Wednesday, 14th October

Today we have been invited to reflect on the main traits that define a good teacher. Among them we pointed out the following:

• He/She had a broad knowledge of his/her own subject – PROFESSIONAL COMPETENCE
• He/She loved his/her subject - PASSIONATE
• He/She knew how to engage students and create rapport with them - EMPATHY
• He/She was aware of his/her pupils' difficulties and encouraged them to overcome them - CHALLENGE
• He/She paid great attention to the human dimension of education - HUMANITY
• He/She was flexible and creative - CREATIVITY
• He/She talked to us about his/her own personal emotions and feelings – EMOTIONAL INTELLIGENCE
• He/She was caring and protective - AFFECTION
• He/She transmitted a great enthusiasm for learning and he/she loved teaching
• He/She was a great leader - LEADERSHIP
• He/She believed in his/her pupils possibilities – PYGMALION EFFECT
• He/She gained his/her authority instead of imposing his/her power – AUTHORITY

All these characteristics – and many others – are difficult to assess if we don't have a set of measurable indicators. The CLIL framework could be helpful in trying to find these indicators.

Here we can find the Target professional competences, which are especially helpful in order to know the kind of evaluation we can make of our own performance as CLIL teachers.

We can use the Repertory Grid Technique (RGT) to create a table including specific indicators for all the standards we consider important.