The meaning of a teacher: 1. A person who works as a teacher 2. Someone who teaches opera skills or martial arts.

The teaching profession is one of the oldest occupations in human society. He was entrusted by the society to give special education to the educated. In social development, teachers are the inheritors and disseminators of human culture and scientific knowledge. For students, it is also the developer of students' intelligence and the shaper of their personality. Therefore, people give people's teachers the lofty title of "Engineer of Human Soul". In the process of education, teachers play a leading role. He is an educator, leader and organizer of students' physical and mental development. The quality of teachers' work is related to the physical and mental development level of the younger generation and the improvement of national quality, thus affecting the rise and fall of the country.

Rights and obligations of teachers:

I. Rights

Article 7 of the Teachers Law clearly stipulates the basic rights of teachers, including six aspects:

(a) education and teaching activities, education and teaching reform and experiment;

(two) engaged in academic exchanges, to participate in professional academic groups, fully express their opinions in academic activities;

(three) to guide students' learning and development, and to evaluate students' academic performance;

(four) receive wages on time, enjoy the welfare benefits stipulated by the state, and take paid vacations in winter and summer vacations;

(five) to put forward opinions and suggestions on the work of the education, teaching, management and education administrative departments of the school, and to participate in the democratic management of the school through the staff congress or other forms;

(six) to participate in advanced studies or other forms of training.

Second, obligations

Article 8 of the Teachers Law stipulates teachers' obligations in six aspects:

(1) Abide by the Constitution, laws and professional ethics, and be a model for others;

(two) to implement the national education policy, abide by the rules and regulations, implement the school's teaching plan, fulfill the teacher employment contract, and complete the education and teaching tasks;

(3) To educate students on the basic principles determined by the Constitution, patriotism and national unity, legal education, ideological and moral education, culture, science and technology education, and organize and lead students to carry out beneficial social activities;

(4) Caring for and caring for all students, respecting their personality and promoting their all-round development in morality, intelligence and physique;

(five) to stop acts harmful to students or other acts that infringe on the legitimate rights and interests of students, and to criticize and resist phenomena harmful to the healthy growth of students;

(6) Constantly improve ideological and political awareness and the level of education and teaching.