As some of the most influential role for developing students, teachers are responsible for more than just academic performances/achievements. A good teacher must connect with the students and try to reach them on multiple levels (for example, make provision for participation/collaboration/social interaction, use a variety of teaching strategies and assessments etc), because the best teachers are committed to their students’ well-being both inside and outside the classroom environment.

By forging strong bonds and relationships with their students, teachers can affect virtually every aspect of their students’ lives teaching them the important life lessons that will equip them to succeed beyond grades/standardize testing. When a positive atmosphere is created, children become far more responsive to teachers because they care, and teachers must acknowledge their responses as well.

A teacher contributes a major role in the personality of a child. Children are often observed to copy their teachers and follow them from a young age when they do not listen to their parents but follow the instructions of their teachers as they are the ones they look up to.

In creating an inclusive classroom, the teacher is required to understand that all children can learn and create opportunities for all children to be included and have freedom of choice and participation. The teacher must display a willingness to embrace inclusion by acknowledging/embracing diversity. The inclusive teacher sees each child as an individual and adapts to change to facilitate their individuality, that is by providing well-planned activities in an effort to help them reach their fullest potential.