Good teaching?

I think that with this particular question, the best people to talk to have to be the students. How can an administrator say that someone is a good teacher if none of the students they teach are having a good experience. Also, what does 'good teaching' even mean? Is a teacher that has a great personal relationship with all of their students with the students not learning material a good teacher? Is the opposite, with a teacher that gets the content through to the students effectively with little personal interaction a good teacher? It makes me wonder which I would rather be, a teacher whose students are extremely proficient in what I am teaching or students that feel like they are truly valued as people. I am beginning to think that the more your students really feel valued, the more proficient they may become in the particular subject area. I know that when I feel valued as a student, my work ethic and involvement increases greatly. Being shut down by a teacher or being made to feel like you are unintelligent shuts me down to any of the work that goes with the class. I am finding more and more at Pennsbury that if I relate to the students as people first, they are more ready to give me their attention and work with me. Has anyone else found this? Also, is there any difference between how people in high school settings have viewed this versus being in elementary or middle schools?