I believe that a teacher's most important role is to be a facilitator. It's probably that hardest role also. I believe a facilitator is someone who provide the best possible environment for learning. Teachers need to have a relationship with their students, they need to understand their student's needs. A teacher/facilitator gives students the opportunity to learn based on their needs and abilities.
When you have 25 students who all have different needs, different backgrounds and different abilities, it is very hard to individualize each learning experience. Facilitating is more than just sharing information, you have to empathize with and truly care for the students your are teaching. I have been very lucky to work with a teacher that tries her very best to give her students this type of a learning experience.
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