As a teacher, learning how to identify student potential is important to do, so that we can be able to address and help our students make an effort to change toward their behavior. It sometime makes the teacher and student frustrated when we deal with the judgement of one’s potential but if we commit to practice, consistency, good communication, and kindness, we can coach our student to keep focusing on the track. Before we discuss further, it is better to know, what is potential actually?
Potential generally refers to a currently unrealized ability. The term is used in a wide variety of fields, from physics to the social sciences to indicate things that are in a state where they are able to change in ways ranging from the simple release of energy by objects to the realization of abilities in people.
We know that every student has the potential to succeed, his/her potential may vary, it can be doctor, lawyer, teacher, astronaut or scientist. They truly need our help to directs their potential. In order to unlock the student’s potential, it takes a great teacher to do the best in the classroom, as well as our leadership that can be taken as a role model, the principal who can associates their valuable time with students. We realize that the extraordinary challenges are often faced by our student, and it seriously takes more time than we imagine.
Unlocking student’s potential may involve the neighborhood, the circumstance that supports the student and good cooperation within the parent. The violence, drug, and poverty are the real fact that may drive a serious obstacle to unlock their potential. A crucial step may be taken by navigating our student before they proceed their future study in university or after they graduate from school. We have to be able to eliminate the obstacles that cause student losing focus on their studies so that they are aware of their potential will become a true asset for their future.
Each school has set different criteria for assessing the progress of students’ potential. It is commonly seen by the percentage of graduate students who fully achieved good achievement in certain subject as well as the tremendous gains were made when student achieve the unexpected grade from their graduation which indicates a resemble potential that is owned by student through the grade they achieved, but it is not just the way to unlock their potential. We must see the success of a student is highly impacted by their attitude. In doing so, we must find the ways to encourage the growth mindset as the first method toward unlocking our student’s potential. One of the ways we can do is to begin the experiment to pursue the passion that has enabled our student to unlock their potential through generating the ideas and sharing them with their friend. There is a say the potential is like a plant that needs to pour water on it, he won't grow because it is not the right potential for him. So, the potential must be sharpened during their study at school, our task is to lead their potential growth in the right way. We can find more additional information about growing the student or child potential in the following video.
