Disposition

I think that some dispositions can be taught but I think some of these dispositions are learned and observed. A disposition like respect, collaborativeness and reflectiveness can be taught. I think they can be taught because there are different way to reflect on things and you can be shown the different ways. Collaborativeness can be worked on. There are also different ways you can be shown different ways to show respect. I think that dispositions like inventiveness, authenticity, passion and compassion are more learned or observed. I don't think I would like this but I would hold a workshop on enhancing dispositions.

Resilience

Well I think college is a great way to prepare teachers for the stresses related to the teaching. I also think that doing student teaching before you graduate helps. It shows you how much you actually have to do when you are a teacher and what you have to deal with. I think that a way you can prevent teachers from changing their professions by paying them more and acknowledging how much teachers have to do. I know that part of the reason that my mom isn't a fan of her job is because she does so much as a teacher and as a person that students can come to but the administration doesn't see what she does all of the time. I know my mom get frustrated with that and so would I if I were her. It isn't fair not to get the recognition for the work that you do. 

Humility

I have been wrong plenty of times in my life. Usually it is when I think I am right and I think I can prove it but then I can't. I think the balance would be that admit what you know (that's where the confidence comes into play) and then admitting that you don't know everything and that you are wrong sometimes (that's where genuine humility comes in). There are times when teachers will have to admit that they are wrong and can't always know everything.

Collaborativeness

I think for a highly effective team or group, they have to be able to communicate and be able to have everyone imput their own ideas. I think that the difference between collaboration and group work or cooperative learning is that with collaboration people are coming together to with different ideas rather than just one. Like in group work or cooperative learning. With group work and cooperative learning, it is all about coming together with one idea or concept.

Efficacy

I think that every teacher has to be confident and have persistence. Other wise students will not listen to their teacher if they do not have confidence in themselves or what they are teaching. Teachers that have persistence will last longer in a classroom and won't have students walk all over them. I've had teachers that weren't persistence and would tell students what to do and what not to do. And then she would never follow through on her rules. So students would walk all over her. I think that these attributes are best developed through years of teaching. You learn what works and what does not work and what they need to work on in their classroom.

Inventiveness

I'm not sure if there is a way that we can encourage, teach and reward creativity and imagination in our schools today. I feel like that is something that comes to you naturally and you can't really teach something like that. But I do think that creativity in the 21st Century is a great skill. It sets you apart from other teachers in multiple ways like how you teach the students and how the students get information from the lesson. With creativity used by teachers, students can sometimes understand the lessons better.

Reflectiveness

I think that it is so hard for both teachers and students to reflect because reflecting can criticize their work that they had done and it can show them what they did wrong. I think that some people consider reflection to be the teaching process because it can show teachers what they did right or wrong in the lesson. Also, they reflect on if the students actually learned the lesson. I think you reflect most effectively before and after a lesson. When you reflect before the lesson, you know what you are going to do and say. After the lesson, you can reflect on how the lesson went and what the students learned.

Passion

In high school I had two teachers that were so passionate about what they were teaching. The first teacher was my choir director, Mrs. Enwright. She was beyond passionate about music. I loved music to begin with but she made me love it even more. She put so much energy into the music that we performed and you could tell that teaching music made her happy. I think that everyone in that choir love music a little bit more because of her passion for it. The second teacher is Mrs. Peterson, she was my interpersonal relationship teacher. That class wasn't like any of my other classes. You found out your personality, your strengths and weaknesses and to find out who you depend on most...things like that. I thought the class was fun and interesting from the start. Mrs. Peterson told us stories from her life, things that have happened to her and how she got over these challenges. She had a lot of passion about the subject but about life as well and thats what the class focused on. Both Mrs. Enwright and Mrs. Peterson were passionate and enthusiastic in completely different ways but they were the best teachers who got everyone involved and interested in class.

Authenticity

I think that the limits for expressing authenticity for teachers are basically telling them things about you to connect with them. You don't exactly have to go in depth about your life, but you should show your authenticity by telling them things about you so that you can connect with them. I think that students can tell a teacher is being not authentic by not showing their students a "real" side of them. Like if they don't mention anything about themselves to the class such as talking about family members. I think that it makes it harder to connect with the teacher. I always felt it was easier to learn in a classroom where I felt comfortable with the teacher, like I had a connection with them. I think that's how authenticity is shown.

Compassion

My choir teacher in high school, Mrs. Enwright was by far the most compassionate teacher I have ever had. My junior year of high school her brother had killed himself. The week later we dedicated one of our songs to him. Mrs. Enwright made a point to each choir that she was there for each and every student if they were feeling depressed or stressed about anything. I didn't necessarily think of her as a teacher sometimes just because she always talked at a students level like she would act more as a friend. She made a difference in my life and also one of my best friends life just basically for being there for each of us when we needed someone to talk to. My friend, Susie, her mom died in march last year and a group of us sang the song that we dedicated to Mrs. Enwright's brother after he died. Mrs. Enwright showed up to the memorial and was there for all of us, especially Susie. It really showed her compassion for each student.

Respect

My definition of respect:
  - actually listening to a person and not interrupt them.
  - listening to a persons opinion and understanding where they are coming from.
  - paying attention to someone when something is being explained, like in class.

I think respect is shown in a classroom by the students listening to the teacher, the students not doing something interrupting (like talking or doing something not appropriate) while the teacher is talking or explaining something in class. Some other ways are the students raising their hands when they have a question or are trying to answer a question. The impact of respect in the classroom is necessary. Having respect in the classroom help maintain control of the classroom, children will listen and pay attention to the teacher if they respect him/her. If there isn't any respect in the classroom all the students would be disruptive and it would be very hard to maintain control of the classroom. I think that respect is best established in a classroom by showing the students that you are caring and compassionate but you should also be viewed as an authority figure.