- teacher
- nounADJECTIVE▪ excellent, great, outstanding▪ competent, good, inspired, popular, skilled▪ bad, incompetent▪ sympathetic▪ fellow▪ former, retired▪ female, woman▪ male▪ school (usually schoolteacher when used on its own)▪
She was a public school teacher (= paid for by the government). (AmE)
▪ kindergarten (esp. AmE), nursery (BrE), nursery-school, preschool▪ elementary, elementary-school, grade-school, high-school, junior-high, junior-high-school, middle-school (all in the US)▪ primary, primary-school, secondary, secondary-school (all esp. BrE)▪ college, university (esp. BrE)▪ first-grade, second-grade, etc. (all AmE)▪ head (BrE), senior▪She held the post of deputy head teacher at a school in Leeds.
▪ certified (AmE), qualified▪ experienced, inexperienced▪ in-service, pre-service (both AmE)▪ student, trainee (BrE)▪ master (esp. AmE)▪ full-time, part-time▪ substitute (AmE), supply (BrE), support (esp. BrE)▪ class, classroom, homeroom (AmE)▪ special-education (AmE), special-needs (BrE)▪ non-specialist, specialist (both esp. BrE)▪ subject (esp. BrE)▪ language▪ art, English, gym, history, math (AmE), maths (BrE), music, PE, science, etc.▪ EFL (BrE), ESL▪ dance, piano▪ Sunday-school▪ spiritualVERB + TEACHER▪ have▪I'm good at cooking. I had a good teacher.
▪ trainTEACHER + VERB▪ teach sth▪ work with sb▪teachers working with less able students
TEACHER + NOUN▪ education, preparation (AmE), training▪teacher preparation programs
▪She's been accepted at teacher training college. (BrE)
▪ trainer▪ union▪ shortage▪ ratings (AmE)▪teacher ratings of reading ability
Collocations dictionary. 2013.