The Make-or-Break for Kids: Self-Efficacy in a Teacher

Written By Elizabeth Minney PhD.

In everyday words, self-efficacy is the self-belief that you (1) possesses the ability to figure out how to solve a task, and (2) can carry out the steps with success. Simply put, teachers with self-efficacy believe in themselves. They believe they can successfully meet the learning needs of most any child. In another blog post I discuss the urgency of developing this quality in children…but I stress here that it isn’t possible to do that if the teacher doesn’t enjoy


A parent with a child in a traditional classroom naturally assumes that the conventional college degree held by the teacher

Elizabeth Minney PhD.

Elizabeth approaches the topic of student instruction with nearly 20 years of elementary grade classroom teaching. Her tapestry of experience includes children in both private and public schools, and from every economic and ethnic background.

Her classrooms are always places where children experience success and learn to believe that they are capable individuals.

Currently she is helping parents navigate through these important school years with their children.

This website provides an understandable grasp of the how’s and why’s of education. Please reach out to Elizabeth with any questions through the contact section of this website or at EiMinney@yahoo.com

https://EiMinney.com
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