There are five types of communication competencies for teachers. The competencies are: informative messages, affective messages, imaginative messages, ritualistic messages, and persuasive messages. An informative message is a message that allows educators to send and receive messages that give or obtain information (Cooper & Simonds, 2011). In an affective message, "teachers should demonstrate competence in sending and receiving messages that give or obtain information" (Cooper & Simonds, 2011). With affective messages, educators must be willing to express their feelings, and offer opinions on topics. Teachers must also demonstrate openness and provide a feeling of warmth to students. Imaginative messages are messages that "speculate, theorize, and fantasize" (Cooper & Simonds, 2011). Teachers should encourage creativity, and show appreciation for students' imaginations. A ritualistic message is a message that "maintains social relationships and facilitates interaction" (Cooper & Simonds, 2011). A ritualistic message should model appropriate social behaviors and the normal roles in conversations of speaking and listening. Persuasive messages are messages that seek to persuade, or convince someone of something. In a persuasive message, one must differentiate between facts and opinions. The teacher and/or student must support their ideas with evidence.
These five types of communication competencies are vital to educators. We use these types of communication every day in our classrooms to ensure that our students understand the messages we are trying to convey. We also use these types of messages to help us communicate with the parents of our children as well. Without these five types of communication competencies, we would be very ineffective in communicating in education.
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