4 M's

From the formative years to adolescence and adulthood, a teacher inspires, motivates and guides the student on the journey of discovery, learning and knowledge. The teacher can make or mar the learning attitudes of students. Good teachers move beyond job description to a lofty task of facilitating positive transformations among young minds.

Teachers are expected to play multiple roles that could be described as 4Ms... as a mentor, motivator, (role) model as well as monitor. And since, everyone is in a teacher’s role in some situation or the other; we need to be better at empowering our attitudes and approaches with the 4 M’s template.

Does our teaching employ a mentoring approach instead of an only-instruction-transferring methodology? Do we choose to inspire with motivation? Do we practise what we preach and ensure that we are consistent as role models? Do we monitor the progress of the learner so that we can be better equipped to facilitate future learning needs?

In the answers to the above questions, we shall discover the best practices to adopt as a teacher. Surely, if we look back at the teachers who made a maximum impact on our attitude, knowledge and skills, we well notice that they were sensitive mentors, enthused motivators, responsible role models and diligent monitors.

Mentor, model, motivator and monitor, they say
Four M’s to BE BETTER as a teacher every way!

- Pravin K. Sabnis