Appear confident and friendly
Establish and convey the relevance of the subject to your students
Use broad, animated gestures to emphaisze or reinforce points
Be creative and varied in your instructional approach
Be engaged and dramatic when you teach
Maintain eye contact with all students
Use varied pitch, volume, inflection, and pauses to make vocal delivery more interesting
Be patient
Be insistent that students successfully complete tasks
Be aware of and quickly deal with off-task behavior
Maintain a quick lesson pace
Have a sense of humor; be able to laugh at yourself
Use movement to maintain interst and attention
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