Scenario 1: I came to school one day morning and was walking to
the class through the hallway; I saw a parent was walking toward me after
dropping off the child in the class. As I was greeting her when we met at hallway,
she said to me "XX is getting bossy". After I had entered the
class I told the teacher of the child what the parent said to me. The teacher
said: "XX has been bossy for a while." From the conversation, I knew
something about the child's development the parent was not expecting as well as
the teacher.
Scenario 2: A 3-years-old Child C enrolled the preschool A class. At the beginning, she used to stand alone and watch other peers play. Teachers rarely heard the child's words in the classroom as well as outdoor playground. After a couple of months, she was able to talk in her native language and play with another child of her race. Three months after, she was able to talk to the teachers in her classroom in class language which is not her native language, and played with other children other than her race. One day at the table she said to me,” Can I sit here" while she pointed the chair beside me at lunch time. I praised her that she could say one whole sentence in English in front of other children (I would say it's similar as that she speaks public). I believe that was a big progress. One day her mom said to me,” Child C is in the right class". I knew what she meant: the child would not be able to act such playfully and would not have so many smiles if she would not have been placed in this class.
While I am working with both classes, I see a significant
difference. That is the teachers in the two classes have a different way to
approach the children based on the teacher's personality. Both classes used the
same curriculum that is required by the company. All teachers are trained very
well and are high qualified. The teachers in the preschool class B have higher Educational
Childhood related the degree than the preschool A class. Could it be a
correlation between the personality and characters of a teacher and child's
social and emotional development? If so,
the families would choose the right teacher for their children as the mothers
expected in scenario 2, or the mother might want to place her child in another
class as the mother would want in scenario 1. Furthermore, thinking about the
result of the research that find the correlation between the personality of the
teacher and the development of the child, the parents and school managements
might want to look for the teacher with appropriate personality to fit the need of
child’s individual needs of development. Maybe, the result does not come out
any correlation, it still benefit the idea that teacher’s personality does
not affect the children’s development.