You are a difference maker – and don't you forget it! 💖
(Via educator Dr. Brad Johnson) #WhyITeach
"Once they enter my classroom, they are not just my students for the year but for life. I will be advocating for them and worrying about them even after they move on." —Educator Shonda Hobbs
The number one reason teaching is so special?
👇 It's these connections:
(Inspiration via educator Shonda Hobbs) #WhyITeach
Link to my #YearInReview
tl;dr: Academic work= research+teaching+service. In 2025, I was able to connect all 3 to my core values: democratizing knowledge & challenging systems that perpetuate inequities. It's not always glamorous, but I think it matters.
#AcademicSky #WhyITeach #DesperatelySeeking
How Experiencing Wonder Helps Kids Learn Awe and Cognitive Accommodation The Awe-Curiosity Connection When You Wonder, You’re Learning Via Educator Deborah Farmer Kris and KQED
💫🔭 When you wonder – you're learning!
Educator Deborah Farmer Kris on putting Ss' sense of awe to work, via @mindshift-kqed.bsky.social: www.kqed.org/mindshift/65...
#WhyITeach
#TodaysMomentOfAwesome 5Th gd VR project ="VR tour of the school from your perspective".
S1:"Look! I'm a unicorn!"
S2:"I'm a flying book!"'
The entire is guided by a unicorn, flying book & talking backpack.
You don't get moments like this in the corporate world. 🤩
#EduSky #VREdu #WhyITeach.
My students and I have spent the last two hours devising a new definition for ancient literacy. This is the good part of academia: engaged, thoughtful, and curious students who critique scholarship and ideas and come up with a better way. #tinyjoys #whyiteach
This adorable stuffed mouse is a reminder that teaching is always a human endeavor. More than test scores and learning data, we are working with humans who are learning how to navigate this wide wonderful world.
Sometimes, you need an adventurous mouse to help you on your quest.
#WhyITeach
What's your favorite thing about the subject you teach?
Ts, what makes you 💞LOVE💞 your subject?
#WhyITeach
"I know teachers go to work for their students … but they should never underestimate the impact they have on their colleagues. Their attitude and energy can inspire the adults around them. So they make a difference for kids they don’t even teach!" —Danny Steele
Reminder: Ss aren't the only ones you make a difference for!
Via educator @steelethoughts.bsky.social #WhyITeach
#TodaysMomentOfAwesome I enjoy giving students room to be creative in class. It helps me learn who they are as people.
It also makes moments like this possible. You don't get this from a scripted curriculum.
*Used with their permission.
#EduSky #LetKidsBeThemselves #WhyITeach
The Carson City School District released a new installment video to its #WhyITeach series, which features Maiya Foster, a third-grade teacher at Fremont Elementary School.
"My first 6 years of teaching I felt defeated and irrelevant. One day I overheard a student in my class tell another student that I was the best teacher in the world. From that day on I believed her and taught like I was. Thank you, Gabi." —Teacher Matt Johnson
You are this T for somebody.
Via T Matt Johnson #WhyITeach
Stopped by @TacoBell yesterday after work and my student came out with my order like, “Ms. Watts?!” She was so excited to see me while working, and honestly, moments like that remind me why I love being a teacher. 🌮😂💕
#TacoBell #TeacherMoments #WhyITeach #IYKYK #LoveMyStudents
A photograph of a young woman who graduated from The University of Texas at Austin, College of Education. It reads, Meet the Teacher. Meet Fernanda Lucia Lopez, one of our amazing alumni starting their teaching career this Fall! #UTUrbanTeachers #WhyITeach
MEET THE TEACHER 👩🏫✨
Fernanda Lucia Lopez is embarking on her teaching journey as a 7th-grade ELA teacher at Austin Achieve Public Schools. 🏫. #UTUrbanteachers #whyiteach
"I love that moment when after days (or weeks, or months), a child's eyes light up, and they get it. Something clicked, and what was struggle has become success." —Teacher Tina Deets
T Tina Deets' #WhyITeach?
Moments like these.
The opportunity to work with INCREDIBLE teachers that want to bring such important work to their students.
The activities help students see how relevant the content I teach—mathematics—is to their everyday lives.
It’s incredibly rewarding to help teachers connect population dynamics, equity, and sustainability—and see them excited to bring those ideas into their classrooms.
It's a lot of fun to be able to share these lessons from my content perspective, science, but also how they can fit into other classroom content as well.
We’re revving up for our upcoming Leadership Institute! 🚀
As we get closer, we’re sharing quotes from our amazing trainers on why they love this work—and what inspires them to keep showing up for educators and students alike.💬
#TeacherLeadership #PopEdCommunity #WhyITeach #EducationMatters #edusky
Graphic titled "Seven Questions That Guide the Work of Inspired Teachers via Educator Carol Ann Tomlinson and ASCD."
⚓️ These 7 questions, via ASCD, can help to keep you anchored in the values that guide your practice:
#WhyITeach
The perfect #TeacherAppreciationWeek thank you letter has 3 parts to it:
What the teacher did.
The effort they made.
The impact they had.
slowchathealth.com/2024/05/05/t...
#TAW #ThankATeacher #WhyITeach #K12Education #Edusky
"While teaching is hard, it is incredible. In the midst of the chaotic, tiring days, you will realize you need those amazing kiddos in your life just as much as they need you. Even on my hardest days, I can find something to smile about." —Teacher Payton Scheer
Teaching may be hard – but Ss make it worth the effort, according to T Payton Scheer.
#WhyITeach
One of my amazing colleagues had her 5th graders make bookmarks for staff members or fellow students, and I was handed these by some former students this afternoon. My heart is SO full. 😍
#talesfrom4thgrade #iteach4th #whyiteach
First day back at the Hellmouth and a student handed me these. She said ‘I saw you sad on the last day of term and I wanted to make you smile’ (my cat died on the last day). Teenagers are bloody amazing. #whyiteach
I have this one amazing student this year that I greet her with "Hey Queen" every day at the door. She then tells me about something that is upsetting her, she gets it out, and then she has a great class. I am really going to miss her next year. #whyiteach
Some of the best advice I have ever received… Find yourself a corner, a shelf, a small space on the wall and put up the reminders to why you chose this job, a teacher, in the first place. ❤️ #teacherlife #gratefulandthankful #whyIteach
1st Day of Soldering Projects with LearnToSolderKits. The tradition is "When your first circuit works, we brag to the world" May I introduce 4 more future Electrical Engineers / Makers / Inventors to the wide wonderful world of #EDUsky #STEM #PBL #WomenInSTEM #MakeItGlow #WhyITeach
When you feel like the nervous new kid stepping into the 1st grade ZOOM class and then you hear: "This is the best day of my life EVER!" #whyIteach #bestquoteever #bertschilove @Bertschi1975
Right. After all the craziness, even with #teacher busywork and nonsense that interferes with #teaching and building relationships with students, at the end of the day, this is #whyIteach. 3/3
#WhyITeach episode 8: 2% is not enough https://vimeo.com/169784687
#whyIteach #BRAINS?
Because there's SO much #families NEED & DESERVE to know re #BRAIN #Health..
STILL!
WHY do they?
http://maureengavan.com/about/advocacy
A teacher just told me thank you - you have made a huge difference to the lib in such a sort time. Made my day! #allin4theville #whyiteach