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Student Survey: Teacher Q and A
Sarah Brown Wessling, the 2010 National Teacher of the Year, has surveyed her students informally on their classroom experiences since her days as a student teacher. In this question-and-answer, she shares some of the insights she's gained from the exercise.
“If you really want to be an effective teacher, if you really want to reach kids and help them excel, you have to build relationships,” says high school teacher Anthony Marshall.
Would you be where you are today without the people in your life who encouraged and inspired you? If you’re like me, the answer is ‘no.’ As we celebrate Teacher Appreciation Week this week across the country and here at the Gates Foundation, the role teachers have played in my life has certainly been on my mind.
During the Elevating & Celebrating Effective Teaching and Teachers (ECET²) convening in Seattle, Washington, Lauren Maucere, a high school English, ASL, Theater Arts and health teacher from Los Angeles Unified School district gives a keynote address reflecting on her call to become an educator.
Sep 01, 2015
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