教きょう壇だんに立たつ

expression, godan verb (-tsu)

stand on a podium; stand at a lectern

Literal physical action of standing on or at a teaching platform, often in a classroom or lecture hall.

• 先せん生せいが教きょう壇だんに立たって授じゅ業ぎょうを始はじめた。

  The teacher stood at the podium and started the class.

expression, godan verb (-tsu)

teach; be a teacher; stand in front of a class

Figurative extension: to work as a teacher or to take on the role of an educator, emphasizing the act of teaching in a classroom setting.

• 彼かれは高こう校こうで教きょう壇だんに立たっている。

  He teaches at a high school.

• 教きょう壇だんに立たつのは初はじめてなので緊きん張ちょうする。

  I'm nervous because it's my first time teaching.