What Makes A Good Teacher?

On the first day of school, I asked my kiddos, "What makes a good teacher?"   The question itself was, unexpectedly, hard for them to grasp....  I had to ask the question, what makes a bad teacher? And then tell them "ok, you don't want that, so what do you want?"  Making that connection helped them verbalize what they wanted!  My goal is to be exactly what they want!!