Only one reliable way to discover if a teacher is good in teaching |
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After "assaulting" a potential candidate (for a teaching position at your organization) with countless rounds of personality tests and interviews, how do you know for sure you have made the right hire? According to tuition centre Beautyful Minds which also maintains an active online presence, answer is you won't, unless you witness him/her in action supervising a class of students: |
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"A lot of teaching is innate. In Malcolm Gladwell's "What the Dog saw", he actually touched on the fact that there is no reliable selection process in the US to get teachers, including assessing the results or what experience the teacher has. None except one, which is actually giving classes to teachers to manage. We used to have a 1st class Honours, Dean's list candidate from NUS but the moment he took over some classes, 7 out of 17 students quit. We realized that the underlying problem was EQ-related. A painful experience I must say. Now, we are obsessively careful with the selection of teachers. Even though all our teachers have stellar qualifications, we are even more particular about other soft skills. From those failing experiences, we learnt that 1 criterion stood out as a good determinant - Passion. A teacher who is passionate about creating a positive impact on students will always be a good teacher. Always. Not all good teachers are passionate, but all passionate teachers are good." |
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THANK YOU BEAUTYFUL MINDS FOR ALLOWING US TO REPRODUCE YOUR THOUGHTS HERE. The Czar (Site Founder) Dated 9 December 2013 |
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