Challenges: Lack of Time for Planning Unlike in the past when teachers can’t just finish off their syllabus and typically evaluate the students. The situation is more challenging today. They will have to handle multiple roles in the classroom. Updating the subject to new demands, correcting materials, content presentations, managing field trips as well as bringing in new creative approaches to meet the present educational trends are a few among them. Teachers are finding it really challenging to handle multiple roles as they lack enough time for planning. Preparing, planning and executing tasks expected out of them add a lot of pressure and the lack of time doubles it. 2. Lot of paperwork In addition to preparing quality teaching content, it is common for school management to hand them with many additional roles including psycho-educator, social worker, counsellor and a lot more. Building reliable statistics and preparing and updating student growth indicators are one of the important classroom challenges they have to handle in addition to teaching notes. Such excessive paper works take a lot of time out of their regular schedules. This can seriously impact the quality of work they deliver. It is seriously challenging for them to handle all of this without giving space for criticism. It can take a toll over their health and many are finding it difficult even to have a proper work-life balance. 3. Performance Pressure from School Administrators Unlike in the past, there are serious competitors in every field and the situation is no different in the teaching career. Everyone is being challenged always to give out their best because a better person is knocking on your role. This causes a lot of pressure from school administrators to perform well every time without leaving any point of blame. A teacher is now accountable for the win percentage of the class, the lines of the student growth indicators and even the disciplinary factors of the class they handle. Being accountable for a number of roles other than quality teaching is sure to put on a lot of performance pressure on teachers. 4. Balancing Diverse Learning Needs Let it be any school, the type of students in a classroom will be different and they will have diverse learning needs. Satisfying all of them in the same way while approaching a particular curriculum will be a serious challenge. Nowadays, teachers are trying differential teaching strategies to satisfy a slow learner and quick learner. So they will be forced to bring in a lot of creativity and diverse strategies which in turn requires additional preparation time. However, once you learn to come out of it, it will, of course, be an empowering experience for your career and for the benefit of the classroom, as well. 5. Handle too many masters They are of course in the middle of many ‘masters’ like parents, students and school managers. Satisfying all of them in the same meter can be a serious challenge for them. A management that is not supportive, a class of students who lack teamwork and parents who are complaining without understanding can make the job tough for them. Also, there can be arguments or even fights between these ‘masters’ and taking a stand to solve the situation can be a bit worrying for them at least a few of the times. They will have to make choices between fairness and survival at times.Lack of Time for Planning Unlike in the past when teachers can’t just finish off their syllabus and typically evaluate the students. The situation is more challenging today. They will have to handle multiple roles in the classroom. Updating the subject to new demands, correcting materials, content presentations, managing field trips as well as bringing in new creative approaches to meet the present educational trends are a few among them. Teachers are finding it really challenging to handle multiple roles as they lack enough time for planning. Preparing, planning and executing tasks expected out of them add a lot of pressure and the lack of time doubles it. 2. Lot of paperwork In addition to preparing quality teaching content, it is common for school management to hand them with many additional roles including psycho-educator, social worker, counsellor and a lot more. Building reliable statistics and preparing and updating student growth indicators are one of the important classroom challenges they have to handle in addition to teaching notes. Such excessive paper works take a lot of time out of their regular schedules. This can seriously impact the quality of work they deliver. It is seriously challenging for them to handle all of this without giving space for criticism. It can take a toll over their health and many are finding it difficult even to have a proper work-life balance. 3. Performance Pressure from School Administrators Unlike in the past, there are serious competitors in every field and the situation is no different in the teaching career. Everyone is being challenged always to give out their best because a better person is knocking on your role. This causes a lot of pressure from school administrators to perform well every time without leaving any point of blame. A teacher is now accountable for the win percentage of the class, the lines of the student growth indicators and even the disciplinary factors of the class they handle. Being accountable for a number of roles other than quality teaching is sure to put on a lot of performance pressure on teachers. 4. Balancing Diverse Learning Needs Let it be any school, the type of students in a classroom will be different and they will have diverse learning needs. Satisfying all of them in the same way while approaching a particular curriculum will be a serious challenge. Nowadays, teachers are trying differential teaching strategies to satisfy a slow learner and quick learner. So they will be forced to bring in a lot of creativity and diverse strategies which in turn requires additional preparation time. However, once you learn to come out of it, it will, of course, be an empowering experience for your career and for the benefit of the classroom, as well. 5. Handle too many masters They are of course in the middle of many ‘masters’ like parents, students and school managers. Satisfying all of them in the same meter can be a serious challenge for them. A management that is not supportive, a class of students who lack teamwork and parents who are complaining without understanding can make the job tough for them. Also, there can be arguments or even fights between these ‘masters’ and taking a stand to solve the situation can be a bit worrying for them at least a few of the times. They will have to make choices between fairness and survival at times.

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Integrating curriculum with 21st century learning skills. ... Development and growth in Information Communications Technology (ICT) ... Collaboration with peers. ... Identifying effective ideas. ... Curriculum overload. ... There are more children needing support with fewer resources. ... Time is a scarce resource.

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