What determines a great teacher is so subjective, because you need to look at the needs of the students. A great teacher must respond to their student based on that student’s needs.

I think the basic idea of what I’m trying to do the whole center of my approach is motivation. I try to get my students to go from being passive observers to active participants. This is the common thread from my classes of students with special needs straight up to my graduate level classes: They’re all very motivated and very focused.