Tips for the Automated Teacher
Tips for the automated teacher- Keeping your motivation up and the experience new as the years go by
For a beginner teacher, the idea that you might be able to the get to the point where you can go through a class on automatic pilot usually seems like an unattainable dream, and exactly the skill level that you are battling to get to. Unfortunately, for most teachers getting to that point sooner or later entails another battle- this time the struggle to shake yourself out of the rut of teaching in a way that provides no more mental stimulation than working for a paper wholesaling company in Slough.
As someone who easily gets bored and so has hit the barrier of just going through the motions several times but has managed to get through it and still finds teaching English more stimulating than being a manager after 12 almost uninterrupted years in the classroom, I’d like to share the general tips I have developed for keeping your motivation up week after week and year after year. The six methods I have developed to keep myself on my toes in the classroom are:
1. Analyse
2. Focus in
3. Try something new
4. Try something old
5. Take a break
6. Broaden out
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