Tag: teachers are awesome

Posted in Cheer Up, General Inspiration, Picture Note, Poster/Graphic, Thank You!

Letter from the World (that you may never get)

Posted on by Dear Teacher/Love Teacher

Dear Teacher,

I know that we all struggle through the tough patches of working in a somewhat thankless career.  More than that, we are often scrutinized and demeaned by people who just don’t understand what we do.  That can be hard, but we take it in stride and keep pressing on, even if no one notices.  That is what makes us awesome.  That is what makes you awesome!

I have put words to the unspoken thanks of students in the past, but I thought this morning I might give words to the unspoken thanks to someone else.  I know this letter will probably never happen, but I am sure that there are those out there who definitely feel this way.  So here is a letter to us from the world at-large.

Know that it is all true, even if we seldom hear it.  Read it, smile, and know you are awesome.  Share it with other teachers and lets get this Encouragement Revolution kicked into high gear today!

(c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use the image if you link back to the blog and/or give credit to Dear Teacher/Love Teacher)
(c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use the image if you link back to the blog and/or give credit to Dear Teacher/Love Teacher)

You are awesome.  You are amazing.  You are making a difference, even if it is only in the background where very few see it.  You are making the future, and the world thanks you!  I thank you!  Thank you, Teacher!  Keep on teaching!

Love, Teacher

PS…I know I keep talking about it, but I am so excited about these posters and how they can motivate students (intrinsically) to keep moving and pressing on!  The Motivational ABCs Poster/Word Wall are available in the Dear Teacher/Love Teacher TeachersPayTeachers Store…check it out, if you haven’t had the chance!  The image in this post is one of the printable posters in the set.  Oh, and the posters are on a deep discount sale this week!  You have $2 to motivate students, don’t you?  🙂

Posted in Poster/Graphic

A Poster of Your Awesome!

Posted on by Dear Teacher/Love Teacher

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(c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use the image if you link back to the blog and/or give credit to Dear Teacher/Love Teacher)

Dear Teacher,

Here is just a little reminder of why what you work so hard to do is far more than worth it.  You are amazing and awesome, no matter what your day felt like!  Keep going!  Keep pushing!  Keep proving your awesome everyday!  You are making a difference, I promise.  Keep on teaching, you Magnificent Teacher, you!

Love, Teacher

PS…If you are a Pinterest-er, check out the announcement about the Pinterest contest that was posted yesterday.

Posted in You Are Awesome!!!

You are a teacher…and a lot of other things…

Posted on by Dear Teacher/Love Teacher

(c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use the image if you link back to the blog and/or give credit to Dear Teacher/Love Teacher)
(c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use the image if you link back to the blog and/or give credit to Dear Teacher/Love Teacher)

Dear Teacher,

You are a lot of things, and you play a lot of roles.  But most of all, you are AWESOME!  You are changing lives!  You are amazing!  Keep on teaching, Teacher!

Love, Teacher

Posted in Get Psyched!, Theme Song, You Are Awesome!!!

(your students are) Holding Out for a Hero

Posted on by Dear Teacher/Love Teacher

Dear Teacher,

I have decided to make Monday morning posts about motivation and getting you psyched up for the week.  As you saw last Monday, I think music and theme songs a great way to do this.  Today I am going to mix that with another thing that jacks me up and gets me motivated to do great things…superhero movies!  I may be showing a little bit of my inner-geek with this, but I can’t help it.  Superhero movies make me want to go out and do awesome things!  This is a theme song that you might want to watch after you get done reading…but go ahead and have it playing while you read the rest of the post.  🙂

Teacher, you are a superhero with superpowers.  You see things other people don’t see.  You can think in ways other people don’t think. You do feats of planning and preparation that other people could not keep up with.  You grade with heart…looking for more than what was and wasn’t correct, you look for what needs to be worked on and honed in each student.  You do great and amazing things…even if other people do not always see you do them.

Your students need a hero!  They need someone to fight for them.  They need someone to take a stand for them.  They need someone who will not settle for mediocrity in them.  They need someone to see the potential in them and help them live up to that potential!  They need you, Super Teacher.

Be that hero for your students…

  • Plan like you mean it and know you are doing something that needs to be done for your students.  This goes double for teachers on summer break…PLAN!  You are giving yourself weapons to fight with for next year.  You are honing your superpowers!  Plan like you are a hero in training!
  •  Love on your students.  Get to know them.  When you know them, you are so much more invested in the fights you need to fight for them!  Summer teachers, plan for getting to know your kids and investing in their lives…the time planning for this will pay off in big dividends when you are more invested in each student.
  • Use your gifts and talents.  Do what you do well, and keep on doing it.  Play to your strengths and plan for ways to do so.
  • FIGHT!!  Fight for your students.  Fight for what is right.  Do what you know is right.  Fight for what you need to help your students succeed.
  • Never give up!  When the fight is tough and the going is rough, DO NOT GIVE UP!  Be the hero and keep fighting.  It will pay off!

You are a hero and you are awesome!  You do amazing things…keep doing them.  Fight hard to be the hero your students need.  Keep on teaching, Teacher!

Love, Teacher

Don’t forget to check out the giveaway contest on the Facebook Page.  It is over at midnight on Friday, July 5th, 2013.

Posted in Announcement, Challenge, Weekend Note

Facebooking, TpT Storing, and Contest Announcing

Posted on by Dear Teacher/Love Teacher

Dear Teacher,

Great Saturday morning to you!  I hope you are relaxing off your week and getting ready for another one!  I just wanted to announce a few things this morning.  I think you really like one of the announcements!

  • Later today or tomorrow I will be starting a series of posts that I will put up on the weekends.  The Secret Occupations of Teachers, or S.O.o.T. for short.  I will be talking about some of the things that we do that most people don’t know and how being a teacher is not just about teaching.  I will acknowledge one of our “other jobs,” encourage you in that “job,” and give you a little challenge in your role in that “job.”  I am excited about starting this, and I hope you will enjoy reading them and find a lot of encouragement from them!
  • I am  repeating the push for sharing the Dear Teacher/Love Teacher Facebook Page this weekend that I did last weekend.  The more people that here the messages of hope, the further this Teacher Encouragement revolution will spread!  If you haven’t “Liked” the page, please do and join us!  If you have or after you do, share!  Share, share, share the page with everyone you know involved in education!  Let’s see how far we can push this in one weekend!  The number of page members tripled last week, let’s see if we can do that again!
  • This might be a motivation for you to want to join and share the  Dear Teacher/Love Teacher Facebook Page.  Tomorrow I am going to announce a giveaway there!  The number of winners will be determined by the number of “Likes” on the page and the number of people who participate in the contest.  For every 25 Likes on the FB page, there will be one winner in the giveaway.  “Like” and share!  The more the merry…who is not merrier when then win something?!
  • A quick note on the  Dear Teacher/Love Teacher Facebook Page that might motivate you to “Like,” if you haven’t: I am going to start doing a majority of the promoting of the blog there and on Twitter.  I am going to leave the Edmodo promoting more up to you.  I would love to have each of you share the blog with your Connections and one Community that you are in each day!  I would also love to have one person in charge of promoting in each of the main communities.  I call dibs on Science!  🙂
  • Last but not least, I have finished another resource for the Teachers Pay Teachers Store, and I am very excited about this one! It is a printable note based on the image on this post.  I don’t know if you can tell, but the “I Heart Your Awesomeness” image is my favorite one so far!  The note is in a series of PDF files and four manipulable Word documents.  The note is in a variety of sizes and comes as both B&W and color images.  You can print and then use space to write a quick note and pass it on to a teacher or student to encourage and give hope!  I plan on using these myself.  I am so excited to just have them for myself.  The Note of Awesomeness is on sale for $1 (28 printable pages for $1 is not bad at all…I’ve paid more than that for one thank you note!).
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(c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use this picture if you link back to my blog.)

Thank you for indulging me in making these announcements!  I hope you have an amazing weekend!  Look for the S.O.o.T. post later today or tomorrow as well as more information about the Facebook giveaway!

You are an awesome and amazing teacher.  Keep on teaching, Teacher!

Love, Teacher

Posted in You Are Awesome!!!

Awesome Is As Awesome Does

Posted on by Dear Teacher/Love Teacher

(c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use the picture if you link back to this blog.)
(c)DearTeacherLT2013 (You may use the picture if you link back to this blog.)

Dear Teacher,

I don’t know if you have ever seen any of the space shuttles in person, but I have gotten to see three of them.  I have to tell you, they are truly as awesome as they seem to be.  Really.  Truly magnificent!

One thing that makes them awesome is the sheer size.  They are huge and hard to take in.  Awesomeness number two is the fact is what these shuttles did.  They went to space.  Vast and wonderful space.  They have carried people over and over to places that few people have ever been.  Awesome fact three is how long they did this.  They made trips to space for decades!  And lastly (at least the last piece of awesome I will be sharing) is the time, effort, knowledge, and care that went into the shuttles to do what they did for so long.

They are a connection to something most people will never be directly connected to…and loving care went into allowing the ginormous shuttles to do this for a very long time!

I share this to say something that I have said before.  Awesome is as awesome does (go ahead and hear it in the Forrest Gump voice).  Teacher, you are awesome!  You do awesome things!  Don’t lose this in the grind of stress of every day life!  You are awesome, so do awesome things.  You do awesome things, and that makes you awesome.  Be awesome!

You are amazing.  You are believed in.  And you are making a huge difference in the lives of your students.  Keep being awesome and keep on teaching, Teacher!

Love, Teacher