Roles of a Teacher

I know that teaching is a tough profession that requires patience and passion, but when I first read this section, it was overwhelming to think about how I am going to assume all of these roles for my students. But, after close reading, I realized that many of these roles tie into one another. For example, facilitator and instructor parallel nicely with one another: while the facilitator “provides opportunities for students to use language”, the instructor role explains that the teacher must “activate and build background knowledge.” In order to provide these opportunities for students, the teacher must ensure that students have the background knowledge to understand what they are reading/writing.
Another example of these teacher roles going together is the coordinator and the communicator. A teacher must be a communicator in order to be a coordinator and work with other professionals and librarians to make sure students are receiving the best education available to them.
Another point in these roles is that sometimes you have a teacher has to assume one role in order for other roles to be possible. For example, a teacher will have to be a manager and record students’ progress in order for that teacher to be an evaluator and closely examine that students’ work.
These roles are essential for students to learn language arts, and the teacher must learn how to balance and find places to use these roles in the classroom.