Teacher Appreciation Blog

There are organizations created to support teachers and represent them in society so they can get civil and working right. Here you have most important ones in America

Association of American Educators (AAE): Largest United States teachers association. One of their challenges it is to work so the American teachers get the respect, recognition, appreciation and reward they deserve. AAE claims to “help lead a coalition of nearly 300,000 teachers across the country who have joined a non-union teacher association.”

American Federation of Teachers, AFT was founded in 1916 as a labor union and in 2008 represented more than 800,000 teachers and school related personnel. AFT as a partner in the “Campaign for Children’s Health Care” in a press release stated “It is a moral imperative to ensure that all children have adequate healthcare coverage.” Some famous teachers were AFT members as Albert Einstein or Nobel Peace Prize winner Elie Wiesel.

National Council for the Social Studies was founded in 1922 and it is devoted to support social studies educations. Its members are social studies teachers not only from USA but from 69 different countries.

The Association for the Advancement of Computing in Education (AACE) is a non-profit, international organization. Founded in 1981, headquarters are located in Chesapeake, VA. Its members are all interested in information technology and education.

Music Teachers National Association (or MTNA). This organization with headquarters in Cincinnati has more than 22,000 members. It was founded in 1876 and nowadays it supports programs to assist music students and teachers.

While looking teacher appreciation gift ideas maybe you can contact any of these organizations and they will give you good advice.

Today is the last day of a week full of celebrations. Teacher Appreciation Week is ending and we all had a very special week.

Everyone did their best to express their gratefulness and appreciation towards their favourite teachers and we all made a beautiful week out of it. We will remember this week for a long time. From Monday until Friday, students all over the US surprised their teachers with gifts, songs, performances and “thank you’s”, With Tuesday 4th of April as the absolute highlight.

Teachers are recharged and motivated to give there best for a whole new year. We showed the appreciation that they needed and deserved and now we can go back to giving them headaches and sleepless nights which they will gladly accept. Because they treat us as their children and this week, we have shown that we treat them as our second parents.

So let’s already think about how we are going to surprise our teacher next year, because I know that they will keep on doing the great job that they have done in the past years.That’s why I want to end this week in the best possible way.

A couple of weeks ago, I received this e-mail of a person called Brian Asselin and he told me the following story:
“My name is Brian Asselin, I am a musician living in the Ottawa (Canada) area currently finishing up my education degree at Ottawa University. I came across your website and thought I might drop you a line because I feel one of the biggest reasons why I have chosen to be a teacher myself is because of the continual support I received from my teachers of the past. In fact, I wrote a song dedicated to those teachers who continue to inspire us everyday.”

He also gave me a link to the song and this is the AMAZING result: enjoy

I couldn’t imagine a better closure of a great week filled with joy.

Today, May the 4th has been declared as Teacher Appreciation Day and that is why I want to say congratulations to all the men and women who have dedicated their lives to engaging and teaching young minds. They all deserve appreciation for the difficult job they have by managing, teaching and educating all these children.

It is necessary to recognize the work en dedication of these educators by saying thank you, giving a gift or rewarding the many excellent teachers in schools. No-one will ever forget the influence that one or more great teachers had on our decisions and our lives. So it is also important to be grateful for the teachers who influence our children’s lives.

So I say thank you those teachers who have influenced our lives, thank you to those teachers who have influenced our children’s lives, thank you to those teachers who keep on trying, thank you to those teachers who never give up, thank you to those teachers who educate the economy of tomorrow, thank you to Teacher Appreciation Day for remembering me how grateful I am.

“When did teachers become the betes noir of public education? Why are they getting all the blame for America’s public education failings? Everywhere you look, people are piling on teachers as if they are at the root of all that is bad in our public education system. Even President Obama has gotten in the act, supporting the mass firing of teachers at a Rhode Island school that has been deemed ‘failing’.” Dr. Jim Taylor

We all know that there are some problems with public education in America. And these problems are spreading towards more countries in the world. But since when does everyone concider the teachers and schools to be the problem of this failure? We all know that they are not the reason for the failure of the children.  So why do we blame them? Maybe we should search for the reasons in our own society instead of blaming others.

You hear people from everywhere saying that teachers are responsible for poor test results of children, lagging education standards and the growing information gap between different students. But do you really think that these people who educate children in poorly performing schools have fun in doing so? According to me, nobody likes working late, giving extra courses, preparing lessons, correcting terrible tests,… for an underpaid job because he likes keeping students ignorant. These educators do everything to make sure that the next generation is as well prepared as possible and we all blame them.

Maybe we should take a look at how prepared or UNprepared children are when entering schools. The number of tasks of a teacher are getting larger every day. These days, they have to raise students, educate them, activate them, prepare them for work, intagrate more practical lessons, … Where does it end? You see more and more that both the parents have to work to generate enough money. This is why they spend less time in raising their children and preparing them for schools. So the children go totally unprepared to school and have to learn everything all at once. Do you still wonder why they achieve bad results?

Now to get back to the question: ‘Why do we blame teachers?’ I think the awnser is easy, to protect ourselfs. When you accuse someone else, nobody thinks of blaming you. In my opinion our society is responsible for the problems with the educational level of our children and teachers are just an easy target to blame so we don’t feel guilty ourselves. What do you think? Well, I feel that we should appreciate their efforts. They try to fix the future economy  that we are destroying and instead of praising their effords, we accuse them. Don’t you agree?

So I think it is about time that we start showing our appreciation to teachers, and when is a better time to start doing so than on teacher appreciation day? let us all express our appreciation and do something nice for them.

The subject of green behaviour is more and more integrated in our daily lives. We are starting to know that it is important for us and especially for our children so of course schools cannot stay behind. This is the reason why the Clarksville-Montgomery County School System started the Rossview Elementary School in the United States. The special aspect of this elementary is that it’s the first green school in the US.

Not only the building is energy efficient but the school has also started a student-led recycling team. In this way they try to convince the parents and others to follow the example of their children and participate. Furthermore you have a ‘green champion’ who is the green leader of the class and helps them towards an energy efficient consumption.

But this is not the only importance for the school. Teachers want to help each child by talking to them individually or in small groups so they can learn and understand everything on their own level. The basics of the school are Respect, and this involves respect towards the teachers as for the environment; Effort; Attitude; Coorporation, in order to reach their goals; and Honesty, they want to make the children to feel responsible for their actions. When you combine these 5 basics, you get the acronym R.E.A.C.H. Hopefully they can reach a greener future.

In the meanwhile, The US green building council is supporting the initiative. On the website http://www.greenschoolbuildings.org they give tips to create a healthy environment to support learning while saving energy, resources and money.

This event of Tennessee Aquarium will showcase some array of educational program opportunities. In these days, the supporting educational learning institutes and educators that got on some free offers considered as more essential aspects than ever. With that, during this days the supporting educators and educational learning institutes got on some free offers that been considered as more essential aspects as ever. Especially that they got wider range of this standards that been based on this educational programs intended for those learners under this Pre-K until twelfth grade students according to Jennifer Latour who is the Aquarium educational program coordinator. In an unfortunate manner several educators are already unaware that these educational learning program institutes will already be available without any costs for any educational learning institute group upon visiting this Aquarium that got 10 or several learners.

With that, the regional educators will have this chances to see them in first hand that been offered unto this school groups during this Teacher Appreciation Day of Saturday of Jan. 16 from the time of 10am until 6pm. Since, educators will just simply needs on showing this current educators ID or got some paystub in this Aquarium’s ticketing center upon visiting this Aquarium and as well this IMAX 3D Theater with no cost at all. With that, the offer to it is quite good enough intended for this one educator and as well one guest. So, these additional guests’ tickets might be able to purchase this day of educational program group rating. So, throughout this day this Tennessee Aquarium educators will entirely provide some brief information in regards to the sessions, for classroom tours, pointing out those available online educational tools and offer on this free educational classroom materials. According to Latour that these educators will not get on seeing everything that already been new of this Aquarium and have already gain some insight unto this several ways that this educational program will supplement their educational lesson plants.

These classroom spaces are already been available in this River Journey building and for this IMAX Center that got on some multiple locations. As a result, the aquarium educators will now able to work on together with their educators in order to maximize their respective time. So, they can even turn on this lunch time for their education program learning experience during this free Lunch and as well Learning program that includes a special presentation, an animal encounters, and this hands on activities. Some teachers might be surprise to learn on this Tennessee Aquarium that its been considered as this only zoo or the aquarium of United States is already been accredited for supplementary educational learning institutes program through this Southern Association of Colleges and Schools that been well known for its AdvancED. With that, every fun filled educational program that been offered in this Aquarium entirely correlates for their national and as well state science standards in the places of Tennessee, Georgia and Alabama. Some few educators might be discovering several ways upon exploring this multiple subjects in this Aquarium especially that some of its educators already start of incorporating their newest exhibits for Jellies that got a living art in their respective lesson plans upon showing of how nature will entirely fuels this artistic expression. Educators who have sign up this Aquarium educational e-newsletter during this time of Teacher Appreciation Day will now be registered upon winning these free field trips for this Tennessee Aquarium and for this IMAX 3D Theater that entirely completes for about $100 reimbursement towards its transportation.

Several local schools had already found several ways towards celebrating an educational week within this week of 88th for their annual American Education Week. With that, this annual theme will be Great Public Schools: A Basic Right and Our Responsibility. Its been noted that this National Education Association have entirely sponsors this event in yearly basis hoping that it provides information in regards to the Association dedicating of providing this learners with a higher quality of public educational learning institutes in order to support those students be able to reach on towards fuller potential. According to Katie Blair who is an English educator and also member of American Education Week committee in Selma High School is now encouraging several parents upon finding some ways towards getting involve in several activities that the schools been offering in that week. As of now, the school administration wanted to have parent participation and visible in the campus schools activities. The following are the list of events in the different participating schools:

* Cedar Park Elementary: Wednesday is considered as the recognition day upon supporting personnel and the fifth grade learners will sing songs for their parents. In Thursday, the retired educators are very much invited to have a lunch and Friday the current educators will be part on this celebration.

* The Knox Elementary will be providing an apple frames towards their school staffs and those retired educators are invited to have a luncheon in Thursday and as well school faculty and its staff are entirely be invited to have a luncheon for Friday.

* The Payne Elementary School is inviting parents to have lunch together their children and some retired educators in this coming Thursday.

* The Phoenix Alternative Program will be displaying posters of halls that encourage educational learning.

* The Selma High School will conduct an essay writing contest in order to allow several learners to participate on it and on Wednesday parents are invited to visit the campus during school days.

* The B.K. Craig Elementary School will conduct their teacher appreciation day and learners were been allowed to wear on hats especially if they are supporting of raising money for can cancer treatment.

Indeed, the different schools in United States are taking consideration towards the celebration of this American Education week in order to provide appreciation or recognition to the teachers who have provided a higher quality of continuing education services and to the learners and parents for their cooperation towards educational progress.

Teaching profession is one of the important function and profession in the society due to the mere fact that it supports a lot to gain educational learning for individual growth and development not for destruction. With that, educators both in the public and private institution are very much worthy to receive honors and appreciation for the career jobs that they have done as long they keep they do their functions or tasks well. In line with the effort of showing support for the educators and the entire school employees, the McDonald’s restaurant throughout this upstate South Carolina, portion area of Georgia, Western North Carolina have serve a free breakfast for its entire school employees last Wednesday August 26 from this 6:30 to 10:30 am.

According to the McDonald Operator that this small gesture of breakfast program for the teachers is just a way of thanking the educators for providing their children and even their communities their best as they have done and live out their profession thoughtfully everyday. With that, both parents and students are wishing for the best of their educators especially upon starting for another academic school year. Last Wednesday, August 26 from 6:30 to 10:30 am, the McDonald had served its free breakfast that consists of sandwich with one small McCafe coffee to the entire educators that showed their valid school ID.

It had been known that this Local McDonald’s owners or operators are supportive to the education program and development of their communities in a setting of 365 days a year. Aside of that McDonald’s does not only support the Teacher Appreciation event but as well for the development of teachers profession in their area that includes the Mc Teacher’s Night, a so called one night educators fundraising program in which some teachers are allowed or be given an opportunity to work on the restaurant of McDonald in order to raise money for school activities and for their teachers activities. Aside of this activities that been created for educators development and even progress to their teaching profession, this McDonald restaurant have already donated a certain amount of money towards the local educational learning institutes for over the past years.

Its good aspect to know that spending lots of money that been funded by the different private and public schools in United States for the development of educators. But as well, the government and the different private sectors are also having some plan to spend over the teacher education fund in order to expand the educators knowledge that are entirely based on its subject or career field that been teaching. Upon providing enough funds towards the teaching career development of several educators in the different schools whether public and private sectors, it supports a lot in order to improve the quality of education in the country.

Through providing much focus or emphasis in regards of the development of teachers in the country, it supports a lot in order to develop the quality of educational system in the country and provides a greater assurance that the learners have gain a quality education. Aside of that, these funds of training and developing the skills or knowledge of teachers in the country also leads of providing appreciation to the teachers in the country. As a result, it means that appreciating the teachers can also be done through providing them venues to develop their skills and potentials especially that are in line in their teaching career. Through, these aspect it serve as a encouraging factor in order to continually lead the teacher or educator be able to continue their tasks in educating several individuals who needs it the most especially in leading the young American individuals to become a good students, understanding the concept of true respect to one another and most of all recognizing the efforts and contribution that their teachers provided on them.

Not only that, teachers must become a good role model in order for the learners to follow it as teachers provided learners tolerance, discipline, and responsibility. With these aspects that teachers usually taught to their learners for being understanding and held some accountability towards being decent and respectful to one another, it support a lot to shape the lives of several individuals in the society and become successful on their lives. As a result, teachers must be appreciated through simple or even given programs that will recognize their career.

As the month of teacher appreciation celebration have finally ended but still it does not mean that teachers will be appreciated. Since, there are several ways in order to appreciate a teacher or educator even without a formal recognition by the government or educational learning institutes. Simply saying thank you to the teachers already mean a huge impact and difference on their part. Since, it reflects that there teaching efforts were been recognize and all the more teachers will even more motivated to do their teaching job function well. In some schools in the United States especially the private schools particularly the Pre School and up the grade school level of education, it can be observe that the ambiance of their school are still fresh from teacher appreciation due to the mere fact that learners are inculcated in their minds that teachers appreciation are not yet over. Even though, it’s been declare that the teacher appreciation celebration was already finish and ended up but in the hearts and minds of the young learner’s everyday is their opportunity to appreciate their teachers even in small things without any celebration as long it really sincere.

Most of the time, Pre School and grade school learners are very much appreciative over their teachers. Usually, young students express their appreciation through saying thank you, a simple smile that brightens the day of their teacher, giving thank you cards or some simple gifts that been created by the young learners. These aspects usually occur even in ordinary days. As a result, it just imply that teacher appreciation can also be celebrated even in ordinary days as long it makes the teachers motivated to its teaching career and not only be motivated but got a feeling of importance upon performing their teaching career.

Indeed, appreciating teachers does not only happen during teacher appreciation celebration but can also be done even in ordinary days while teacher continually do their teaching education program function. Doing a simple appreciation to their teacher already provided a good and positive impact to their lives and towards their teaching career. May lost of individuals especially the young learners will continually realize the importance of their educators or teachers in shaping their life and gain excellence towards their education or even success in their career.