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An ideal teacher needed for UJ Metropolitan Academy

An ideal teacher for this specific school is a teacher that fathom various aspect that
contribute to human cognition. An ideal teacher for UJ Metropolitan Academy should

be optimistic about the future, and willing to endorse new technology in this ever
changing world. Moreover, since UJ Metropolitan Academy is a well-resourced school

with technological tools such as interactive smartboards, data projectors, and
computers. Thus, a suitable ideal teacher must be technological literate in order to

effectively utilize these tools and integrate them in the lesson. Furthermore, UJ

Metropolitan Academy is well known as the school of specialization which specializes
in Mathematics, Science, and ICT, thus, an ideal teacher that is needed for this school

must be a lifelong learner and a researcher in order to keep his/her knowledge up to
date. Since this school is a school of specialization an ideal teacher must able to

collaborate with other colleagues who are at the same department in order to obtain
different approaches from other experienced teachers. Furthermore, this teacher has

to find new innovative methodologies on how to teach or approach certain content to

the best interest of the learners, and also the teacher must be a leader and instills the
culture of respect in the classroom.

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In the 21 century there are essential skills which must be well develop in order to face
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the problems of 21 century. Therefore, an ideal teacher that is needed for this school
has to pose problems to learners and teach them to be problem solvers as one of the
critical skills. In addition, this teacher has to approach teaching as a mediator,

constructivist, and be able to identify learners’ needs and provide necessary support.

Moreover, an ideal teacher that is required for this school has to be someone who will
be able to find a common language to everyone when explaining a complex content

so that learners will be able to decipher the given content more easily. Furthermore,
UJ Metropolitan Academy as the school of specialization it is crucial for the school to

have an ideal teacher who can be a curriculum planner and implementer in order to
organize the content so that it will best suit the standard of the school.

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