Question: What are some skills you think are important to being a good teacher?

When I asked this question to my neighbor, Mrs. Agliata, she smiled and told me to be a good teacher you must be patient. She told me that when she first started teaching first grade, she was young and more excited about the material than her students were. Mrs. Agliata has been teaching for over twenty five years and she believes that another good quality of a teacher is variety. She feels that many students get bored and lose their attention very quickly so you must be able to switch up things in class. She used a good example to explain this a little bit better. Mrs. Agliata said that she would only talk for about ten or fifteen minutes and then she would have the students do work in groups for about ten minutes. She also believes that keeping a topic interesting is a really tough for a teacher. “With twenty five years of experience I have pretty much narrowed down what my students want and don’t want from me.” She says that many students would rather work in groups all the time, but that cannot be possible because I have to be able to teach them something. I asked Mrs. Agliata if she could

Question: What do you believe is the optimal class size and how do you believe it affects education?

Interview #5: Dr. Young, Business Professor at TCNJ

When I asked this question to Dr. Braendar she smiled and answered, “hands-on.” She says that by being involved with the students and teachers you become more of a friend instead of a boss. She says that from her experiences, being too distant from her teachers and students has led to an inadequate knowledge of what is actually going on in the schools. “By sitting in classrooms and talking with teacher about their units, I am able to give some suggestions as well as applaud a teacher for a well presented lesson.” Dr. Braendar says that the thing she dreads most about being a principle is being behind her desk much of the day. “The thing I miss most about being a teacher is being able to teach. I am still involved in students academic lives because I want them to understand that I am there to help them.” Dr. Braendar says that becoming a principle was her career goal and believes that it was the right move at the time. After teaching for twenty years, Dr. Braendar believes that being a principle allows you to see all the aspects of education that you could not see as a teacher. She says by visiting other schools’ classrooms, she is able to get some good ideas of units and lesson plans to share with the teachers at her school. Dr. Braendar believes the most important thing about being a principle is to have a good relationship with your students and teachers. She says that if your students and teachers respect and are fond of you, it makes your job that much easier. “If you are constantly in a bad mood and are out on a “power trip” than you should not be in any aspect of education.” Dr. Braendar says that being involved in education puts a smile on her face everyday because she feels that no other job would fit her any better.

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