Teachers who inspire....

Understand and apply the meaning of David Gardners words: We learn simply by
the exposure of living. Much that passes for educatioins is not education at all but
ritual. The fact is that we are beinmg educated when we know it least.
are part of a nurturing fraternity of teachers who encourage each other rather than
be little or criticize.
find that if one refuses to accept anything but a students best effort, one very
often will get it.
Act on the belief that they get the best from students when they give them their
best.
never lose their enthusiasm to ry and try again in the face of seemingly
impossible odds.
try each day to reach students, in hopes that they will want to come to class
because they know someone cares. Getting students to want to come to class is more
the half the battle, they have learned.
are prepared to critique a performance on a test, not the performer. Such a
delicate mazneuver requires the skill of a surgeon and the love of a mother.
give themselves lovingly to their subject and their students, discovering that the
giving of love is an education in itself.
Act on the belief that a childs mind, once stretched by an encouraging word and a
newe idea from as teacher, will never return to its former capacity and willingness to
learn.
believe in their students and guide them, appealing to tehir pride and imagination.
The world needs your talents,
they assure students
find happinerss in thejoy of nurturing a childs avhievement and the thrill of
creatively helping to shape our nations future.
believe that positive relationships between teachers and students begin with and
grow from a single source: respect.
accept the reality that a happy classroom is not one without problems or
dissapointments, but one that handles them with understanding and love.
are interested not only in their students homeworks, but also in their personal
lives, caring enough to listen to what a students is willing to share.
motivate young minds to think for themselves rather than preoccupy themselves
with learning and memorizing facts.
remind their students that the explanation of thiumph is all in the first.