“Education is the most powerful weapon which you can use to change the world.” – Nelson Mandela
THE BEST POSTERS EVER FOR TEACHERS
To all teachers: We hope you find these posters a useful resource for teaching character and ethics in your classroom.
Every Day Matters When You’re A Teacher
“The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters every day.” – Todd Whitaker
Teachers: The Decisive Element
I AM THE DECISIVE ELEMENT IN THE CLASSROOM. It’s my personal approach that creates the CLIMATE. It’s my daily mood that makes the weather. As a teacher, I POSSES A TREMENDOUS POWER to make a child’s like miserable or joyous. I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration. I can humiliate or heal. In all situations, …
VIDEO: What is a Teacher?
“What Is a Teacher? A teacher is someone who sees each child as a unique person and encourages individual talents and strengths. A teacher looks beyond each child’s face and sees inside their souls. A teacher is someone with a special touch and a ready smile, who takes the time to listen to both sides and always tries to be …
COMMENTARY: Working to Teach Character Together
When I talk to parents and teachers about the role of schools in teaching character someone usually points out that character development is and should be the primary concern of parents. Who can argue with that? Many of the attitudes and habits that make up character are learned at home. But they’re learned elsewhere as well — on the school …
Never Stop Learning
As long as you can think, you can learn. As long as you can learn, you can get better. As long as you can get better, you can be happier. NEVER STOP LEARNING.
Confucius Quote: Educate Children
If your plan for one year, plant rice. If your plan is for 10 years, plant trees. If your plan is for 100 years, educate children. – Confucius
COMMENTARY: School Principal: The Most Difficult CEO Job in the Nation
Schools all over the nation are struggling to modify their strategies to meet the Common Core demands regarding critical thinking and problem solving. They must also find ways to teach 21st Century workplace skills, enhance students’ social and emotional development, and, of course, build their character so they become responsible and productive citizens. Oh, they must also be sure to create an …
Teachers Affect All Eternity
Teachers Affect all eternity. You never know where their influence stops. – Henry Adams
I’M A TEACHER: I MAKE LIVES By Michael Josephson
(Derived with permission from “What Teachers Make” a poem written by Taylor Mali. To see Mr. Mali’s original version visit www.taylormali.com) The topic of education came up and a business executive proclaimed the problem is with teachers, after all, “those who can do, and those who can’t teach.” A man next to him said, “I’m a teacher and you don’t know …
Five Things to Teach your Children
Five things to teach your children 1. Be a good friend. 2. Be kind even to those who don’t deserve it. 3. Learn from every experience. 4. Do your share even when others aren’t doing theirs. 5. Start and finish a job even when you don’t feel like it.