HEY HEY LOOK AT ME.

I am a very confident individual. I am very self aware, but I am very confident. I am that person who you want to smack in the face some days because I do not know when to shut up, and when to back down and stay in my place.

Being quite this confident is possibly not the best idea, however in a classroom, students are going to have more respect for a teacher that is able to show authority in a classroom. If someone doesn't at least demand some attention because they're confident, they aren't going to be able to demonstrate to their students that they really understand what they're doing. A big aspect of teaching is having the confidence to take risks in front of students, because by taking risks, then students will feel more comfortable and take risks themselves in their learning, which can spur more opportunities for learning.

Persistence is an important trait for a teacher to have, because then it shows students that the teacher cares about them. If a teacher ignores something that a student has done, and never addresses it, or only addresses it once, and then never checks up on them, then the students will not feel as though the teacher really cares about what the students do in the class. Teachers need to constantly be bugging students (in friendly ways) to make sure they are forced to stay accountable for their learning. An effective way to be persistent, is to at the very least remember what a teacher has said previously. Remembering this, and sticking to what you as the teacher said will help increase efficiency.

Confidence is something that teachers can develop in practice, and putting themselves in situations that maybe make them a little bit uncomfortable at first. In getting put in those situations this forces teachers to either gain confidence or crawl underneath a rock. If the teacher really makes an effort at being confident, they will get better by experience. Also, consciously deciding to be confident in what one is doing, and understanding that one is probably right, can be the most effective way of really developing the skills.

One must be careful, because too much confidence comes off as bossy.