A GREAT TEACHER - POEM
A great teacher encourages students to be more than they saw in themselves. A great teacher is empathetic. He or she understands that each student is fighting some type of battle. A great teacher works to get better at his or her craft. Every day. A great teacher is passionately enthusiastic about what and whom they teach. A great teacher sees a student for who they are, and who they can become. A great teacher knows his or her students, their families, their culture, their values, and believes that the social curriculum is what the academic curriculum is built upon. A great teacher intentionally stands witness to hopefulness, learns through proximity to need, understands the power of identity, commits to do the uncomfortable to advocate for students. A great teacher points kids in the right direction to look, but doesn’t always tell them what to see. A great teacher Inspires. Illuminates. Innovates. Ignites passion. A great teacher i...