Lessen the anxieties about teaching that new members may experience

New AmeriCorps members who will work as tutors or teachers may worry about their ability to do their job. Lessen their anxieties with this group activity. In small groups, members will:

• Talk about their favorite teachers
• List some of the characteristics of effective teachers
• Learn that they also possess some of these qualities

This Effective Teachers activity was contributed by AmeriCorps/East St. Louis (East St. Louis, IL), an AmeriCorps*State program that focuses on reading, language skills development for low achieving students in grades 1-6.