The Teachers and the Classroom

We can learn from the wise words of the expert of education.

• A sense of humor and your own personality are an essential part of every classroom. — Kathleen Ferguson
• A student’s learning reflects the work of the teacher. — Governor Jeb Bush
• Actions, gestures and body language are sometimes more powerful than words. — Kim Wilson
• Among all the adults in a school, teachers are the most powerful of all in changing the life chances of children. — Kati Haycock
• Are you the kind of teacher you would want your own child to have? — Gay Barnes
• Be a reflective teacher. — Kristin Shelby
• Be prepared to fall in love daily. — Amber Augustus
• Care about your students as individuals. — Patti Tate
• Caring relationships are vital to student success. — Karen Morman
• Collaboration among educators is key to ensuring great teaching for every student. — Stephanie Hirsh
• Do your homework. — Robert Martellacci
• Each student has great potential. — Tong Chen
• Educators need to be less isolated and more part of a community of practice…one that is available 24x7. — Keith Krueger
• Educators: relationships matter most! — Michael Levine
• Engage to drive success. — Julie Young
• Establish open lines of communication. — Julie Young
• Every single interaction with a student has meaning. — Cara Heitz
• Every student has a voice. — Andrea Keller
• Everyone you meet is a person first. — Andrea Keller
• Expect to fail, because it is not a matter of if, but when. — Jeanne DelColle
• Facilitate learning experiences. — Brad Markhardt
• First the science, then the art. — Tim Waters
• Good teachers are seekers. — Rebecca Lynn Mieliwocki
• Great teachers are loved. — Mark Ray
• Great teachers love. — Kristen Merrell
• I am a powerful force in the lives of my students. — MaryBeth Britton
• I don’t teach chemistry, or even students. I teach Julie and Damien and Monica Jo and Richard. — Brent Daly
• I learn as I teach. — Rushton Hurley
• I teach people not subjects. — Nneka Howard-Sibilly
• Ice cream is happy food! — Kristin Shelby
• If we focus on the students, the rest will follow. — Melanie Park
• In order to reach all of your students, you must have patience. — Thomas Pedersen
• Integrate technology in transformative ways. — Kristin Donley
• It isn't about getting your students to like you; it's about getting them to know you love them. — Deanna LeBlanc
• It's okay to say, "I don't know." — Jonathan Cabrera
• It’s not about me. — Kimberly Shearer
• It’s okay to smile before Thanksgiving. — Kimberly Shearer
• Learning and teaching should be open source, generous and fearless. — Pam Allyn
• Meet people where they’re at. — Rebecca Lynn Mieliwocki
• Never take for granted that you may be the only person who makes a student feel loved and accepted on any given day. — Alana Margeson
• Nobody’s perfect, teachers included. — Kim Wilson
• Nothing can be built without first building a relationship. — Kristie Martorelli
• Our students don’t care how smart we are or how many degrees we have. — Leigh VandenAkker
• Power up, log on, and step into the stream. — Brad Saron
• Predictability breeds boredom. — Rushton Hurley
• Quality teaching springs forth when the educator understands how the failure of each student impacts his/her own life. — Joshua Parker
• Reach each student. — Tong Chen
• Recent college graduates are our greatest resource. — Wendy Kopp
• Relationships are vital to the success of students in your classroom. — April Giddens
• Relevance, Relationships and Rigor, in that order, needs to be the centerpiece of any educational lesson. — Paul Galbenski
• Student-produced multimedia and communication is almost always trite and trivial. This is not their fault. — Dennis Harper
• Students are always the important people in the room and they need to be at the center of everything we do. — Elena Garcia-Velasco
• Students come to us like a new computer: some are loaded with the latest software, some need to delete a few viruses, and others are in need of a full upgrade. — Perea Brown-Blackmon
• Students have changed in the way they learn best; teachers need to change the way they teach to reach them. — Kyle Davie
• Students’ attitudes toward learning are influenced significantly by how much enthusiasm and energy I bring to the classroom. — Brenda Werner
• Teach so that your students know that they are loved. — Luisa Palomo
• Teachers are at the heart of our future prosperity—an investment in public education is an investment in national defense. — Stu Gothold
• Teachers are the best apps. — Brad Saron
• Teachers are the catalyst that makes a difference. — Tyronna Hooker
• Teachers are the gold standard of quality. — Susan Patrick
• Teachers can serve our world in multiple, exquisite ways beyond the classroom, but they don't always know it. — Sally Ann Zoll
• Teachers give sight to the blind. — Tyronna Hooker
• Teachers have never been more important than in today's connected world. — Greg Whitby
• Teachers learn as well as teach. — Greg Whitby
• Teachers matter. — Rob Lippincott
• Teachers must live the examined life. — Chad Miller
• Teaching is a great responsibility. — Nneka Howard-Sibilly
• Teaching is as much about the connections as it is about the content. — Jadun McCarthy
• Teaching isn’t autonomous. — Greg Whitby
• Teaching must be seen as the center of the educational universe. — Gerald Tirozzi
• Teaching needs learning, not the other way around. — Ewan McIntosh
• Teaching students to find and use their voice is perhaps more important than ever before. — Alana Margeson
• Technology can amplify and extend, but not replace a teacher’s influence. — Brad Saron
• The best teachers help students discover their own questions. — Sharon Robinson
• The first day in the classroom is the most important day of the year. — Bob Morris
• The greatest learning opportunities, and innovation, come from experiencing failure. — William Skilling
• The most important thing educators need to know is how human beings learn. — Tony Jackson
• The teacher is the critical factor in the classroom. — Karen Morman
• The writer E.M. Forster said "Only connect" and this is the essence to all great teaching and learning. — Pam Allyn
• There are only so many tomorrows. — Angela Wilson
• Time is of the essence. — Brent Daly
• Value great questions. — Ken Kay
• We need to adapt our teaching to meet the needs of today’s digital students. — Arlene Vidaurri Cain
• We need to reinvent the teaching profession. — Tom Carroll
• We need to remember to honor individual’s inclination to play. — Claudine K. Brown
• We need to teach students how to search out, utilize and manage the knowledge that is readily available to them. — Arlene Vidaurri Cain
• We teach students, not subjects. — Bethany Bernasconi
• You can’t teach them until you reach them. — Jeanne DelColle
• You will burn yourself out, if you will accept nothing less than reaching every student. — Jadun McCarthy
• ”Play What Happens Next.” Always consider how your actions not only affect yourself but others. — Timothy Dove