text: what makes great teachers great?   great teachers: 1.  don't ever stop learning.  they always are finding ways to help their students through professional development and personal research. 2.  don't look at teaching as a job, but as a calling. 3.  don't make students feel dumb, but instead empower them.  great teachers do: 1.  get to know students at a personal level. 2.  take time to know parents and be available to them. 3.  make curriculum accesible at many levels because no class is going to have all students at exactly the same place.