What makes a bad teacher?

Many things make a bad teacher, including lack of organization and classroom management, poor people skills, and not challenging students. Here are some details on these items and others that make a bad teacher:

• Lack of organization and classroom management

  This can be one of the biggest contributing factors to a bad teacher. If a teacher is unorganized, they can not properly outline their students' daily activities and thus inhibit their learning substantially.

  Also, if teachers can not manage their students, they will be less than effective at instructing any given subject or class.

• Poor people skills

  Having great communication skills and professionalism is essential to being a good teacher. A lack of skills and experience in this area can lead to poor teacher performance and less student engagement.

• Not challenging students

  Teachers who don't challenge their students do a massive disservice to their pupils. Teachers who purposely makeover easy lesson plans and hand out good grades for subpar work will not tap into their classroom's potential.

  These practices lead to stagnated education for students and don't allow them to learn and grow.

• Poor judgment

  Common sense is critical in teaching. Even good teachers can have a lapse in their judgment that results in damaging outcomes for themselves and their students. Good teachers think before taking action and do not teach or instruct on impulse.

• Not committed

  Teachers who lack commitment often also lack motivation, which is a recipe for bad teaching overall. This also refers to teachers that never come in early and never stay late.

  They are not giving their students the proper amount of outside classroom attention and are also often behind on activities like grading tests and homework or devising new lesson plans.