Use lots of hands-on learning activities.

Enjoy a positive, friendly rapport with students.

Rely heavily on textbooks.

View and use textbooks as resources and teaching tools.

Smile often.

Appear serious most of the time.

Use lots of worksheets.

Raise your voice in anger and frustration when dealing with students.

Appear calm and professional at all times.

Allow for lots of structured student discussion during the learning process.

Often allow students to work together to solve problems.

Test what is taught in the same way that it has been taught.

Include "surprise" items on tests-items students did not know would be on the test.

Engage in power struggles with students when required.

Deal with student misbehavior in a private manner.

Embarrass students in front of their peers.

Plan detailed lessons designed to maximize critical thinking, learning, and engagement.

Use the same lesson plans from year to year.

Constantly seek to learn new and better ways to teach.

Relate lessons to the lives of the students.

Resist change.

Accept and welcome change as a necessary part of growth.

Often speak of students with fondness.

Often speak of students with disapproval.

Express belief in each student.

Make tireless efforts to keep parents informed of student progress.

Focus on student strengths.

Appear to love teaching.

Act as though teaching is a chore.

Complain a lot.

Collaborate with co-workers in order to improve effectiveness.

Do whatever it takes to help a student succeed.

Believe that all students are capable and treat them accordingly.

Refuse to give up on any student.