My Life as a Teacher

This is a place for teachers to share their stories about teaching. Our purpose is to share help non-teachers understand the work that we do. Please remember privacy issues--no last names please.

What happened in your childhood to inspire you to become a teacher?

Advocacy

How can we better advocate for public education? What are the primary issues we want to emphasize and disseminate?

Donyell's video

http://animoto.com/play/J9DoRTnMCPgODifEzEJ7rQ

I Believe....

What is your philosophy of teaching? Try to capture this philosophy in three "I believe" statements and post those here.

Initial Thoughts

What are characteristics of effective teachers? How do you distinguish between an effective and a master teacher?