"How do I start thinking like a teacher?"

I think I am moving closer towards think like a teacher. It is mostly when I am not in school though. For example, my work study job is tutoring at Mallet Elementary in a third grade classroom. When there I am focused on the class, I notice if someone is not paying attention or is distracted and I try to “pull” their focus back. The other day they were all reading a skit out loud. I noticed that two students (who happened to be sitting near each other) kept losing their place. I decided that I would be more help in between them then I would be sitting somewhere else and listening. Also when I gave riding lessons, I felt that I was completely thinking like an instructor. I constantly brainstormed new ideas and exercises I could use to entertain the rider while I was teaching them the proper way to sit, turn smoothly, and how to transition form a walk to a trot. The reason I could think like a teacher instead of a student in that case was because I knew so much about how to ride that it was easy for me to teach it.
Now I don’t feel that I think like a teacher when I am in the class room. I wait for instructions and think about what I should be focused on. I also don’t feel I have learned how to analyze a situation like a teacher yet. For example, I was in the lunch line the other day. It was difficult for me to get past the crowd at the snack table to get to the main dinner table. I was just focused on getting through the line and not bumping into anyone instead of asking myself “where might be a better pace to put the snack bar instead of in front of the Dinner line?” I hope that over time I will being to think even more as a teacher. I know my skills as a class room teacher will develop more as I learn more too!