A good teacher is

A good teacher

understands that there are 2 agendas in each day.

One is to share knowledge in a way that is meaningful and can be constructed so as to assimilate assimilated new information

One is to expose the students to ethics

A good teacher can sense the energy in the room and adapt on the fly

A good teacher models truth and walks the walk

A good teach engages her students in learning activities - allows creativity

A good teacher provides opportunities for students to build self esteem and confidence

A good teacher for her students and shows it in ways they can recognize

A good teacher graciously accepts feedback and gives it authentic consideration

A good teacher knows when a student is struggling and has created an environment in which it is safe for the student to ask for help

A good teacher starts with the big picture and challenges the students to analyze and give thought as to what it means to them

A good teacher can laugh at herself

A good teacher embraces group learning

A good teacher provides varied activities to capture imagination

A good teacher lays the platform for alife long desire to learn

If the teacher models and encourages trust in a safe inquiry based, knowledge seeking environment

then students will have the opportunity to critically analyze, assimilate or accommodate newly acquired information such that the  knowledge authentically challenges their values beliefs and construct of the environment.

because he/she created knowledge in a way that is relevant and meaningful, it expands the possibilities of future learning and fosters self confidence, collaboration and the ability to have strong convictions about the end result. 

*** I would add Nel Noddings and Daniel Goldman

 Paulo Friere and Lev Vgotsky would contend that this learning could not have been created without the (MKO) more knowledgeable other trading roles between teaching and learning with his/her student. Friere believed that the ability to question and create dialectic information between people yields the most robust results.  As Vogetsky believes, each learner comes to this place with a unique set of experiences and is thus able to synthesize the learning such that it enables each student to create his/her truth and have the convictions to carry this knowledge forward.