A statement where teachers are compared to a candle. “A teacher is a candle that shines for others while burning itself out. with that source of rich spiritual life

A teacher is a candle that shines for others while burning itself out.

(Giovanni Ruffini)

Already from school, I clearly knew that I would be a chemistry teacher. I saw how interesting and smart people teachers are. You could always talk to them on any topic. They taught the wisdom of life: to be sociable, to complete things, to be responsible for yourself and your younger ones. In high school, I liked those lessons in which ready-made knowledge was not given, but where you had to work extra hard, find the answer yourself, and gain knowledge. It was difficult and unusual. But it was all the more interesting to get to know yourself, your capabilities and strengths. All this strengthened my desire to go to a pedagogical institute. In 1979 I entered the Faculty of Biology and Chemistry of the Tomsk State Pedagogical Institute, from which I graduated in 1984. By assignment, she came to the Kozhevnikovsky district and was sent to the Mullovinskaya elementary school as a primary school teacher (there were no places in her specialty).

Since 1984 I have been working with primary schoolchildren. The question always arose: “How to convey this or that material or topic in a more accessible way, so that it is not a burden for children, so that learning is easy? What notes of the soul need to be touched, how to captivate children, ignite the “fire of desire for knowledge”? I found answers to these and other questions in the works of famous teachers. But what helped most was years of practice. I'm still searching. Life, economic and political views are changing. This changes in many ways the meaning of teaching, upbringing, and education. The role of the teacher is also changing.

A teacher is a friend, a teacher is an example, a teacher is an educator, a teacher is a storehouse of wisdom...
Nowadays, when such personal qualities as mobility, activity, the ability to quickly establish contacts, and tolerance are a priority, the teacher is given another global goal - the formation of the ability to adapt in life.

Primary school is the “foundation” in the development and training of the individual. wrote: “The school creates in children an awareness of their importance for the country, develops a caring attitude towards themselves and others.”

I consider the main goal of my work to be the formation of students’ interest in cognitive activity, the education of a creative personality who can acquire knowledge and skills and apply them in practice.

In my teaching activities I set the following tasks:

To develop students’ cognitive interest in learning activities;

Develop the child’s creative abilities;

Develop the ability to express one’s point of view and justify answers to questions;

To instill in children honesty, independence, curiosity and discipline.

My pedagogical credo is an activity-based approach. The activity approach develops self-knowledge skills - the ability to analyze, understand and evaluate one’s inner life, behavior and actions, one’s abilities and capabilities, goals and means of achieving them.

Changes in the structure and content of primary education led to the improvement of the leading type of activity - educational. Namely, I structure my lessons in such a way as to form in each student not so much a typical one, but a brightly individual one, allowing him to know himself as a subject who enriches himself with a body of knowledge, and with the help of a teacher develops his abilities. There was a need to develop individual differentiated tasks at various levels for each student. Such tasks are individual in nature and are based on the knowledge of the student as an individual with all his unique characteristics.

A feature of my teaching activities is the creation in lessons of situations of success, creativity, and the search for non-standard solutions. It is important for me to unleash the creative potential in every child and develop the desire for constant learning. The program I used in my work, based on the following programs, helps me with this:

2) in mathematics – “Mathematics”, grades 1-4

3) in literary reading – “Native Speech” grades 2 – 4, “ABC” grade 1

Completed course training:

			Volume (hours)	Certificate, registration number.
		"Development of educational electronic resources"
		“Technologies of competency-oriented education in teaching various subjects”

Each teacher sets a specific goal for professional development in his teaching activities. The key idea of ​​the goal of my professional development: Activation of the cognitive activity of junior schoolchildren.

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Based on my work experience, I want to offer some techniques that will allow the teacher to solve many problems: make the learning process creative, joyful, get good learning results, constantly holding the attention of children, control discipline.

In the first lessons, when children are just starting to write numbers, I prepare individual cards with tasks. When solving examples, children connect balls, mushrooms, letters with numbers on a number line. Individual work is preceded by frontal work at the board.

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After completing frontal work at a certain stage, children are offered individual cards.

Children prepare tasks like “Cloud” themselves during recess. During the lesson, we write examples with a specific answer into the cloud.

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Traditionally, I use the game “Milchanka” in my lessons.

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I accompany computational tasks with game plots and drawings. For example:

Kesha is at a loss, he doesn’t know how to complete the task. Help him!

Piglet is going to visit Pooh, but he needs to have time to solve the problems. Help him!

Jerry has already completed this task, but can you cope?

This was the first time the forest man had encountered such a task. Explain to him the progress of its implementation.

By solving the examples, you will find out how many eggs the chicken will lay.

For coloring, children are offered characters from famous cartoons, fairy tales, and funny stories. The tasks are distinguished by a variety of form and content and are compiled in accordance with the program material.

In the first grade, I give instructions on memorizing the composition of numbers within 10. In the future, the formation of the skill of addition and subtraction within 20 depends on it. One of the stages of working on the composition of numbers I suggest using mathematical crosswords. They resemble examples with missing numbers, which we call “window examples.” Initially, in the process of mental calculation, I use simple crossword puzzles for children to understand the principle of completing the task, then more complex ones are completed by the children independently, since putting them on the board is difficult. A variety of forms of crosswords, different levels of complexity allows you to maintain interest in doing this type of work for a long time.

Spelling" href="/text/category/orfografiya/" rel="bookmark">spelling literacy of students is one of the important tasks. The importance of this task is due to the fact that spelling literacy is an integral part of the general language culture, ensures the accuracy of expression of thoughts and mutual understanding in written communication, develops attention, perception, memory, thinking.

It is known from teaching practice that spelling literacy does not reach a sufficiently high level. Errors in writing unstressed vowels at the root of a word have remained typical for many years.

When working on students' spelling literacy, I try to introduce children to the rules as early as possible and begin to apply them as quickly as possible. Already when reading and writing the first words with vowels or paired consonants, I offer children spelling tales about unstressed vowels and paired consonants.

Spelling fairy tales help teach children not only to see spelling patterns and determine their type, but also to perform spelling actions: that is, select related words so that a sound in a weak position is replaced with a sound in a strong position.

In Russian language lessons, I pay great attention to enriching students’ vocabulary and students’ independent work in class. Differentiated homework helps students to believe in themselves, creative tasks develop interest in the subject. I pay great attention to the development of monologue speech and spelling vigilance, working on the correct pronunciation of words, on the vocabulary of students’ speech, trying to achieve literate and calligraphic writing.

In every Russian language lesson I spend minutes on penmanship and spelling minutes. The kids really like games, crosswords, poems, fairy tales, and riddles.

Children work especially actively in general lessons (lesson - fairy tale, lesson - travel, lesson - quiz, lesson - KVN), when they work in groups, in pairs.

I also use various cards in which I include vocabulary words or words in which errors were made, or words on a specific topic:

1. The letters flew away with smoke

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3. “Choose a word” card. Based on the description, determine which word is being discussed and write it down.

· Collective trip, visiting something. (excursion)

· Passenger transport. (bus)

· Car driver. (chauffeur)

· Less than an hour, more than a second. (minute)

I teach the children to independently acquire knowledge, work with a textbook, dictionary, tables and cards of didactic material, so that in the future they can engage in self-education at any time.

In Russian language lessons, I teach children to analyze the material being studied, build reasoning with proof of the correctness of the expressed judgment, and draw conclusions and generalizations.

During the lessons, students perform differentiated tasks, multi-level tasks, and tasks of increased difficulty.

I constantly monitor the dynamics of students’ learning in the Russian language and predict the results of students’ further learning.

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Accordingly, reading speed gradually increases. Children love literary reading lessons, search for works by authors studied in lessons but not included in the curriculum material, and share their impressions of what they read with each other.

Children are very fond of this type of activity in the lesson as “5 minutes of speech etiquette”, where a mandatory component is the analysis and solution of communicative and situational problems, enriching the active vocabulary of students with speech etiquette formulas, learning to deploy established speech formulas and their correct use through role-playing games.

The use of proverbs and sayings enriches the learning process, deepens the perception of the material being studied, and increases interest in what is read. Bright in form, laconic, they are easy to remember and promote the assimilation of content.

The use of proverbs is advisable if their content is related to specific events, if they are accessible to students and broaden their horizons. The children discovered for themselves that proverbs and sayings are successfully applicable not only in reading lessons, but also in other lessons.

The method of using proverbs and sayings can be varied. Some are used to illustrate phenomena and events (“A lot of snow - a lot of bread”, “You can’t escape thunder even in water”), others are used to explain their meaning (“It’s warm in the sun, good in the mother’s presence”, “Guess is no worse reason”, “Smartness is more valuable than wealth” (Russian folk tale “Porridge from an Ax”), thirdly, it is necessary to correlate the everyday meaning and the observed pattern (“In September there is one berry, and even that is a bitter rowan”).

Russian folk tale “The Fox and the Crane” 2nd grade. Proverbs written on the board:

· A friend in need is a friend indeed.

· Like the guest, so is the treat.

· Why call if you have nothing to give.

· As is the master, so is the work.

· You can’t catch a fish from a pond without difficulty.

· If you love to ride, you also love to carry sleds.

· Don't treat me to something I don't eat.

· Seven times measure cut once.

Exercise: find proverbs that relate to the fairy tale you read.

On the topic of proverbs and sayings in the notebook, the children are happy to do

sketches-illustrations.

I devote a lot of work to intonation means of expressiveness of oral speech, to

which include volume and tempo, gestures and facial expressions.

When preparing for each lesson, I try to think through all types of work so that

each student actively, creatively thought throughout the lesson, so that children

could discover something new, previously unnoticed, emphasized their

attention to the main, important things, achieving this through creativity and interest. This

is a good means of achieving conscious reading, familiarization with

2nd grade. Topic: “Russian folk tales. Generalization".

Z Assignment 1: Make up the names of the fairy tales by connecting the words with an arrow.

Frost Geese

Porridge swans

Cockerel ax

Girl grain

Two Snow Maidens

Task 2: Using the key words, guess the name of the fairy tale

· Soldier, old woman, ax (“Porridge from an ax”)

· Brother, sister, geese, Baba Yaga (“Geese-swans”)

· Rooster, hen, cow, blacksmith (“The Cockerel and the Bean Seed”)

· Two brothers, merchant, peasant, (“Two Frosts”)

· Old woman, old man, dog, daughter (“Girl Snow Maiden”)

· Grandmother, granddaughter, mouse, chicken (“Fear has big eyes”)

Task 3: What fairy tale are these things from?

· Shoe (“Cinderella”)

· Arrow (“The Frog Princess”)

· Boot (“Puss in Boots”)

· Seine (“The Tale of the Fisherman and the Fish”)

The method of design and research work is not a new invention, but

well forgotten old, but rethought, modified. Project method –

This is a way of “learning by doing,” when children independently formulate

educational problem, collect the necessary information, plan work,

draw conclusions, analyze their activities, gain new knowledge and

life experience. The project method is used at different stages of training.

mental, aesthetic and moral direction. Exactly comprehensive

development presupposes the harmonious development of the child’s personality. My children

2. Certificate of participant of the Department of General Education of the Tomsk Region.

Municipal educational institution "Kozhevnikovskaya secondary school No. 1". We protect our project.

Gymnasium of Seversk. Municipal educational institution "Pesochnodubrovskaya secondary school".

Received a certificate of participation. We receive a certificate.

In 2005 – 2006, 2007 – 2008 she worked in a summer health camp

(see photo).

	Name of the camp shift	Job title	Promotions
	"Planet Health"	Educator	Certificate of Administration of the Municipal Educational Institution Pesochnodubrovskaya Secondary School.
	"Seven + I"	Educator	Diploma of the Education Department of the Kozhevnikovsky District Administration.

“Epiphany Evening”, “Maslenitsa”, “Dad, Mom and I are a sports family”,

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Participation in the “Feed the birds in winter” campaign

We can't predict

How our word will respond.

Sow grace in souls.

Alas, it is not given every time.

But we have to dream

About a wonderful time, about a century,

When to become a beautiful flower

A person's personality can

And we must create

Having despised all the burdens of this world,

To lay down bright truths

Young at heart.
To show them the right path,

Help not to disappear into the crowd...

We can't predict

But we must strive!

« A teacher is a candle that shines for others while burning itself out.”

Four candles burned calmly and slowly melted: It was so quiet that you could hear them talking.

The first one said:

I AM PEACE. Unfortunately, people don't know how to save me. I think I have no choice but to go out! And the light of this candle went out.

The second one said:

I am VERA, unfortunately, no one needs me. People don't want to hear anything about me, so there's no point in me burning anymore. A light breeze blew and extinguished the candle.

Saddened, the third candle said:

I am LOVE, I have no more strength to burn. People don't appreciate me or understand me. They hate those who love them most - their loved ones. And this candle went out.

Suddenly: a child came into the room and saw three extinguished candles. Frightened, he shouted:

WHAT ARE YOU DOING? YOU MUST BURN - I'M AFRAID OF THE DARK!

Having said this, he began to cry. Then the fourth candle said:

DON'T BE AFRAID AND DON'T CRY! WHILE I BURN, YOU CAN ALWAYS LIGHT THE OTHER THREE CANDLES: I AM HOPE.

I am a teacher who daily immerses himself in the wonderful world of childhood, reveals the secrets of human hearts, lives in harmony with himself and the world, which gives children love, peace, faith and hope. At school, where there is joy and bitterness, ups and downs, the warmth of the teacher's eyes and the light of children's smiles, often sleepless nights and lessons of children's discoveries. To those who have not comprehended the secrets of our work, it seems everyday: notebooks, magazines, lessons. And, in essence, it is joyful, since we have the purest, most sincere and decent people with us - our children. And very responsible, because we were entrusted with the most precious thing - a child. I love children simply because they are children - bright, emotional, kind. A child is initially a defenseless creature, full of hope, faith in the bright sides of life, and the joy of discovery; a soul open to the world. It is, in the words of Plutarch, “not an empty vessel that needs to be filled, but a torch that needs to be lit.”

And here's the call

The school house is quickly emptying.

In the ringing silence

Last steps.

But in a quiet class you are still sitting at the table,

And again your students are in front of you.

And in silence you think about them,

Yesterday strangers, now family,

About their question, about your answer,

About something for which there is no answer...

And tomorrow the day will come again,

And the school's joyful people

Fill the floors with noise

And he will spin in the whirlwind of life!

Once upon a time I was on the third desk against the wall

I dreamed about the future and was in a hurry to become an adult

Even then you decided to be a teacher,

The path he chose was not easy, but he knew that he was strong enough.

And again there is silence at school,

And the old globe by the window,

In the magazine there is a suffix and case,

And so many destinies and hopes...

The fate of the country, the fate of the earth is in your hands,

Your students' dreams will come true.

They are to sow grain, guide ships on course,

Dedicate your life to children, as you did...

And again there is silence at school,

And the old globe by the window,

In the magazine there is a suffix and case,

And so many destinies and hopes...

Sergey Vladimirsky

Golden rules of a teacher

1. When you come to school, put on a smart and noble face.
2. Every time you feel like bossing kids around, remember your childhood and eat ice cream just in case.
3. Money and pedagogy are incompatible.
4. May all the fashion models in the world resign when they see your smile.
5. Do not enter into the souls of children unless you are asked to do so.
6. Go to class with joy, leave class with pleasant fatigue.
7. Joke until you learn.
8. Remember: a bad doctor can take a life, a bad teacher can incinerate a SOUL.
9. You should come to class so prepared that you know exactly: why you came, where you came, what you will do and whether it will be good.
10. Every time you want to be rude to someone, count to a million.
11. Try to eat every day.
12. Love your administration as much as they love you, and you will live a long and happy teaching life.
13. Never wait for praise, but try to immediately find out how things are going with it.
14. Love someone outside of school and you'll be fine.
15. If they come to you for a lesson, remember that you are an artist, you are the best teacher in the country, you are the happiest person.
16. Always tell your parents the best truth you know.
17. Be proud of your mistakes, and then you will have fewer and fewer of them every year.
18. The highest manifestation of pedagogical success is a smile on the faces of children.
19. If you can present the most ordinary fact as a discovery and achieve surprise and delight among students, then you can consider that you have already done half the work.
20. Remember: good teachers live long and almost never get sick.
21. Give everything to the school, and when you leave the school, start a new life.
22. Try to always be healthy, even if someone doesn’t believe it.
23. Dress so that no one says after you: “There goes the teacher.”
24. Don't sleep in class; a bad example is contagious.
25. During the interview, show utmost interest on your face.
26. Remember: if your voice becomes dangerously hoarse, it means you're doing something wrong.
27. It’s good when, late in the evening, you remember your students, your face will light up with a smile.

A teacher is a candle that shines for others,
burning herself.

Giovanni Ruffini

I often ask myself the question: “Why did I come to school?” The most interesting thing is that completely “student” answers come to mind: “Because I love English, because I love children and always find a common language with them, because I know how to teach children correctly and I will show and prove,” and the like . But how often do we realize the full extent of the responsibility that we place on ourselves? Are we doing everything to become truly needed by children? Do we become for them a candle, “which shines for others while burning itself out”?

A student with a huge bouquet timidly extends his hand; he trusts us with his life and destiny. How can you fail to justify his trust! And there are many teachers from whom students not only receive knowledge, but also imitate it. Time passes, and the schoolchildren, already mature, adopt their intonation, habits, manner of dressing, and demeanor. When you see and notice these little things, it becomes pleasant, it warms your heart, you think: it’s not in vain that you work, it’s not in vain that you educate. But not everything works out right away.

How many times, I honestly admit, I wanted to give up everything, leave, hide, close myself off. These eternal notebooks, children, demanding parents, eternal lack of money and their own children deprived of precious attention! But some incredible force again and again forces us to go to school, open the door to the classroom: “Hello! I’m very glad to see you, sit down.” And after lessons you see the sparkling eyes of children, full of cheerful thoughts, curiosity, and some personal secrets. They surround you with their attention, love - and wings grow again! You again forget all your personal problems and adversities, you take care of them, laugh, have fun, love and cry with them.

What is he like as a modern teacher? Where can he learn everything and find out everything? A modern school can only be in demand with a teacher who is constantly working on himself and improving his skills. Only through incredibly painstaking daily work can we achieve success. It is incredibly difficult to become a real teacher. In my opinion, one can become one only when each of the teachers develops a program for their own cognitive, professional and status growth.

Today, many children are deprived of the attention of their parents; sometimes they lack affection, kindness, and care. A modern teacher with such children needs to be especially careful and tactful. His main task is to find an approach, to touch the string of a child’s soul, to find the key to a schoolchild’s heart.

The teacher is the main figure in the educational process. His work is not limited to lessons alone, fulfilling all program standards and requirements. And he doesn’t just serve class time, but knows about everything that happens to children. How else? How to approach children differently? Without love, without heart? No, they don’t need us like that. Since we have chosen this profession, then we must give our heart, soul, and all the love that we have in us to our students.

And who is a modern student, what is he like? He is quiet and restless, diligent and lazy, cheerful and sad, secretive and frank, small and at the same time adult. But he is our beloved student, that soft clay from which we have to fashion the finest, most beautiful vase.

Modern children are modernized, they keep up with the times, many of them have all the latest technology: video, computers, and phones. They have the opportunity to widely use the Internet and can receive a colossal amount of different information. And we must help them skillfully apply this in their work and lead them along the paths of knowledge. Only by using the “pedagogy of cooperation”, all our experience, can we achieve success. I mentally transport myself to the end of the 21st century and see young teachers who work in fully computerized classrooms, use various simulators with computer programs, and take advantage of the achievements of scientific and technological progress. They are young, daring, smart.

And yet, the main goal of our activities is to prepare students for a worthy entry into life, which actually exists, is complex and contradictory. Therefore, we need to have an idea of ​​what traits, qualities and skills a student needs to have for successful learning, communication, self-expression, and achievement of success. And you will have to make a lot of effort to make your child’s life at school interesting, joyful, and successful. And we, modern teachers, need to understand the problems and see the merits of each student, skillfully combine a kind attitude and exactingness in communication and work. Only mutual understanding contributes to the comprehensive development of a student.

We can hope that each of us has had a real teacher in our lives. The one you love, the one you want to be like. I was lucky to have such a person in my life. This is a teacher of Russian language and literature, an honored school teacher of the Russian Federation, Sergei Ivanovich Parfenov, during whose lessons a long-awaited silence reigned in our restless class. Thanks to his professionalism and wealth of knowledge, he instilled in us a love for the Motherland, for the Russian language, and created such a homely and warm atmosphere at school that we still want to return there. And today I would like to say words of gratitude to him and all my dear teachers who invested a piece of their soul in me and whom I will never forget. I always try to be like them in order to instill in my students the same love for my subject and for me.

A great thing is school. We have many good teachers who deserve the highest praise. Everything begins with the teacher, with the school. He is the beginning of all beginnings. Indeed, there is no more important figure in our society than the teacher. It is he who, sparing no effort, can develop unknown talents in his young friends, develop a desire to understand the world around him, and a desire to work for the good of the Fatherland. And how can one not remember the words of L.N. Tolstoy that “if a teacher has only love for his work, he will be a good teacher. If a teacher has only love for the student, like a father or mother, he will be better than the teacher who has read all the books, but has no love for either the work or the students. If a teacher combines love for his work and for his students, he is a perfect teacher.” Can a teacher be perfect if he learns nothing from his students? After all, children see the world around them differently, paint it with bright colors, there is a lot of kindness, warmth, light, and love in it. The thoughts that students sometimes express, no matter how paradoxical it may sound, are deeper than the truisms that we adults often say. And it seems to me that teaching children is a necessary matter, but it is important and useful for us to learn from children ourselves.

Thus, a modern teacher is a person who is dedicated to his work, loves his students, works on himself, is tactful, knows how to find the key to a child’s heart, and uses the latest achievements of science and technology. And today the words of the Italian writer of the 19th century are not outdated: “A teacher is a candle that shines for others, burning itself out.”

“A teacher is a candle that shines for others while burning itself out” (Giovanni Ruffini)

Teacher? Teacher? The more often you think about these words, the more often you remember the parable of the four candles. “Four candles burned and melted. It was so quiet that you could hear them talking. - I am calm. Unfortunately, people don't know how to save me. I think I have no choice but to go out! - said the first one, and the light of this candle went out. - I am faith. Unfortunately, no one needs me. People don't want to hear anything about me, so there's no point in me burning anymore. - A light breeze blew and extinguished the second candle. Saddened, the third candle said: “I am love.” I don't have the strength to burn anymore. People don't appreciate me or understand me. They hate those who love them most - their loved ones. - And the candle went out. Suddenly a child came into the room and saw three extinguished candles. Frightened, he shouted: “What are you doing?” You must burn! I am afraid of darkness! - Having said this, he began to cry. - Don't be afraid and don't cry! While I'm burning, I can always light the other three candles! I am hope! - Said the fourth candle. The boy lit three extinguished candles. The room became light and cozy.” When you read these lines, you immediately imagine a teacher in the place of the fourth candle. It seems to me that he is the hope, support, mentor for the student, who is faced with seemingly insoluble tasks and problems. Since school age I wanted to be a teacher. Before my eyes every day there were teachers whom I wanted to be like, who in difficult times extended a helping hand, who knew the answers to seemingly insoluble questions, who were mentors and friends (Lashuk Olga Maksimovna, Butrik Zoya Pavlovna, Maslova Zoya Ilyinichna , Lashuk Valery Ivanovich, Okhremchuk Tatyana Pavlovna). While studying in high school, I taught lessons on self-government days under the guidance of mentor teachers, becoming more and more convinced that in the future I would not be able to live without school bells. School is an amazing country, where every day is different from the previous one, where every day is a search for something new, interesting, where there is no time to be bored and waste time on empty things, where you always have to hurry to catch up, where you have to rush to give to people, those around you, your energy, knowledge, skills, hurry to learn new things and not be late. Therefore, only the most persistent, most patient, most sincere, most responsible, kindest, most interesting and most amazing people live and work in school - teachers, often ready to sacrifice themselves. This is how the choice of future profession was determined. And then everything started spinning and flying: study, work, study again, courses... September 1st. 24 years. Every year you wait and worry, like the first time you crossed the threshold of school. Every time you think: how will relationships with children and their parents develop this year, how to make sure that the children are interested in studying your subject, what methods and techniques to use... There are more questions than answers. Every year you look for answers to them again and again. Children! They are the ones who force us to be who we are. And I am grateful to them for this. After all, they “tempered” me and taught me a lot. They taught us to accept them as they are, to be more tolerant of the mistakes of others, but more demanding of ourselves. By raising them, I change myself. How to become a real teacher? How can I make sure that the children in my lessons are interested, so that my desire to give them a piece of knowledge resonates in their souls with the desire to receive this knowledge and apply it in life? And also, what is important, how to make sure that children grow up to be kind, sympathetic, decent people? How to raise them to be real people? After all, education without education is unthinkable! “Education seems to be a difficult matter only as long as we want to educate our children without educating ourselves... If you understand that we can educate others only through ourselves, then the question of education is abolished and one question remains: how should we live ourselves? » - said L.N. Tolstoy. After reading these words, I realized that while teaching and educating others, I must learn myself, improve, and constantly move forward. 24 years of working with children. These are years of search, reflection, disappointment, hesitation, and discovery. Today I understand that I need to master new programs, learn new techniques. In the diversity of points of view, positions, approaches, it is important to choose what is right for yourself, to choose your own position. And I'm learning. I study all the time. And I like to study, learn new things, and put them into practice. After all, a teacher is a person who is constantly in search, identifying problems, setting goals, and achieving results. What significant qualities should a teacher have? Why do children perceive information poorly when everything is so elementary simple and clear? This is clear to us adults, but not to them. Therefore, you need to be able to stand on the student’s level and rise to the top with him. When I come to class and communicate with children, I reveal to them my worldview, my value system, my attitude towards everything that happens around me, I bring them what is interesting to me. And it must be sincere. Any falsity will be noticed, the guys feel it especially keenly. A teacher should be honest, sincere and open. The teacher must promote the development of the child’s ability to recognize himself as an individual, comprehend his actions, predict and evaluate his results, develop independence, initiative, and creativity. Creating conditions so that every child can reveal his or her potential is another necessary requirement for a teacher. If students work with enthusiasm, if after lessons they come to me with questions, if they work on projects and find interesting topics for research, then I was able to interest them, I succeeded. The ability to captivate and interest students in their subject, it seems to me, is pedagogical skill. Cooperation. Do not impose on the student the only correct solution to this or that situation, but give the child the opportunity to try for himself, being not “above him”, but “next to him”. Should there be a distance between teacher and student? It should, but not a wall, not a barrier that cannot be jumped over, but a higher step to which the students themselves raised you - respect. The lesson is over, but the questions don't end. This means that it excited me and struck a chord. It's time to disperse, but the argument continues. This means that there is cooperation. All this gives new strength to create every day, leaving everyday problems behind the threshold, and entering the classroom again and again. When the teacher himself is on fire, only then can he light up his students. Knowledge alone is not enough for this. It just needs to burn! Time flies inexorably fast. And now the last school bell rings, and it’s time to say goodbye. I’m leaving, every year it’s difficult with graduates, a piece of the soul is invested in everyone. And then I always enjoy meeting with graduates and their calls. So they remember! So, my work was not in vain! I like my job, my profession, and I think I was not mistaken in my choice. I must keep up with the times - use innovation in my work, I must improve, and not stand still. And then peace, faith, and love will settle in your heart, and the candle of hope will not burn to the ground.

Essay

The teacher is a candle who

It shines for others, while burning itself.

Giovanni Ruffini

Three candles burned calmly and slowly melted... It was so quiet that you could hear them talking.

The first one said:

The candle light went out.

The second one said:

I am LOVE, no one needs me and there is no point in me burning further.

The breeze blew out the candle.

Suddenly a child came in, saw the extinguished candles, and shouted:

I am afraid of darkness!

Having said this, he began to cry. Then the third candle said:

DO NOT CRY! WHILE I BURN, YOU CAN LIGHT OTHER CANDLES: I AM HOPE!

Hope is an earthly compass in the difficult profession of a teacher.

The words spoken by V.O. Koltsov ring true for me: “To be a good teacher, you need to love what you teach and love the one you teach.” I'm lucky: I teach the most fascinating, most interesting, most instructive subject that you can't help but love - geography.

How different they all are - my students: one needs a good grade, another needs an interesting activity, and the third just needs a kind look, encouragement, recognition. And everyone can’t live without hope... This is where the three candles come to mind again: faith, hope, love. They must not go out!

My teaching philosophy is to teach children to believe in themselves! And this can only be achieved through CO-CREATIVITY between teacher and student. Hence my pedagogical commandments:

Believe in your student - empathize

Understand and accept him as he is - cooperate

Respect the individuality of each child, but be demanding - create an individuality

Sincerely share successes and sorrows - warm

Make demands on yourself:

Be open, tolerant, look for the best in students first of all - create an atmosphere of search

Inspire your students to do good deeds - encourage them to search for new, unknown things

Arouse your thirst for knowledge - improve as a person

Give your student the opportunity to be proud of himself - be consistent with his chosen profession.

I learn to feel the person next to me, to see his spiritual world, and my students change, become different.

The main moral values ​​of my pedagogical philosophy, first of all, are categories such as justice, honesty, kindness, and, of course, hope.

It seems to me that I have already found my pedagogical credo - this is cooperation, co-creativity, co-experience, empathy, creation. Creation is impossible without combustion - these are the indispensable symbols of the teacher, teacher’s faith, hope, love.

The best lessons are when my students argue, doubt, and create.

The 21st century has entered our lives with full power. What is he carrying? What awaits education on the road of life? The school of the 21st century is called upon to address these issues. The features of the new school are clearly presented, since a change in the educational paradigm is taking place. New approaches, new law, different relationships, a different pedagogical mentality are proposed. But, in my opinion, it must fulfill its main purpose - to give students holistic moral guidelines.

The guideline for moral education for me is: act as you would like others to act.

A young person entering adulthood must master many social roles: voter, consumer, client, family member...

In order to successfully realize oneself in one or another social role, he needs certain social experience, norms and rules, the assimilation of which makes a person adapted to life and increases the degree of his freedom.

Among the priorities that have recently been established in education, general educational skills come first - the ability to acquire and effectively use knowledge.

Today, schools pay serious attention to developing the ability to work with information, practice students’ civic position, teach tolerance, knowledge of their rights and responsibilities, mastering democratic values, a culture of interpersonal relationships, applying knowledge in different situations and the ability to work in groups.

I highlight several goals that I see as priorities in the current situation:

Teach to study, master new information, analyze one’s own experience;

Learn to navigate the world of values;

Develop key competencies: solve problems, work in a group, use information technology;

Prepare for vocational education.

A school is created through the painstaking work of a teacher, but schoolchildren themselves can create the image of a modern teacher. A teacher shapes a person, and teachers shape generations of students. What kind of portrait did the students of our school create? According to the results of a survey conducted in September 2013, students want to see next to them a teacher with the following qualities and advantages: intellectual development, creativity, decency, love for children.

The teacher is the main figure in the educational process. The teacher does not go to work, but lives and experiences everything that happens every day together with the children, bringing together all the diverse activities in collaboration with the students.

And this means the lesson continues...

And I would like to end with the words of Galileo Galilei: “You cannot teach a person anything. You can only help him discover it in himself.”