What are the roles, responsibilities, and boundaries of a teacher?
Anything said here will be a short version. You ask for a lot of information. A teacher plays many roles: parent, psychologist, emergency medical technician, police officer, protector, and someone who imparts knowledge and skills. A teacher must: transmit knowledge and skills in appropriate formats to students, physically, emotionally and psychologically protect students, start diagnosis for learning disabilities along with physical, mental and emotional problems, care for students’ physical safety on and, in the case of child abuse, off campus, and be watchful for infractions of laws and of school rules. The teacher must not interfere with a student’s private life if not invited or if that life does not affect the student’s scholastic progress. A teacher may express opinions at times, but (s)he must not coerce or use a teacher’s position of authority to force those opinions on students, particularly if those opinions concern politics, religion or race. A teacher should be friendly wit