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Educators:

Teachers are responsible for many things that happen inside and outside a classroom. Their primary job is to instruct students and facilitate learning, which is hard work. It requires engaging with students in specific subject areas using a variety of teaching techniques, maintaining a safe and orderly classroom, developing lesson plans, assessing student progress, and interacting with parents and other members of the community. Teachers arrive at school before students do, to prepare for the day’s lessons. During regular school hours, teachers facilitate learning, instruct and supervise students. When students leave at the end of the school day, teachers keep working. They plan for the next day. They meet with parents, principals and other teachers. They evaluate students work, homework, tests, projects and papers. Many are also involved in other school-based activities, such as coaching a sports team, supervising a club or leading the school band.Teachers are responsible for many things that happen inside and outside a classroom. Their primary job is to instruct students and facilitate learning, which is hard work. It requires engaging with students in specific subject areas using a variety of teaching techniques, maintaining a safe and orderly classroom, developing lesson plans, assessing student progress, and interacting with parents and other members of the community. Teachers arrive at school before students do, to prepare for the day’s lessons. During regular school hours, teachers facilitate learning, instruct and supervise students. When students leave at the end of the school day, teachers keep working. They plan for the next day. They meet with parents, principals and other teachers. They evaluate students work, homework, tests, projects and papers. Many are also involved in other school-based activities, such as coaching a sports team, supervising a club or leading the school band. Sadie, Christal and I as “Team Education”, collected options on what is the best way to figure out why educators Become Educators. Why did they chose this particular field when their were so many to chose from. As discussed in Chapter 9, touching on Primary and Secondary data what better way to tap into the answer and obtain the inside knowledge than to use social media. I've solicited through my friends requesting to conduct an interview either through survey or recorded phone conversations. The response's we received to start the project were very enlightening the response's ranged from teachers of Kindergarten to Middle school students. In the draft phase, I had a total of nine questions ranging from “How have you made a difference“ to “If you could address Congress what would you say”. In an interview with a two Ohio based teacher, one college professor and a first year teacher. All of which teach different grades yet echo the same sentiment on almost ever question they love knowing that they are making a difference in a child's life and one teacher even stated there is nothing like seeing a child's light bulb “go off” realizing they have the answer and ready to share this new found wealth of knowledge that laid directly in front of them in black and white ink. Heather, a 6th Grade Teacher of 19 years, said I love watching children learn, watching them facilitate their moments, giving them the tools to gather and feel that pride when they are learning. I love teaching, I wouldn't want any other job and I have no desire to leave the classroom. I don't know what I would do if I had to stop teaching, I have no desire to be a principals my job is within the classroom walls. I have had my share of students who have attempted to disrespect me and parents to do the same, but at the end of the day, I know my purpose is to teach and overcome obstacles. There is not greater feeling then to know that the child has succeeded it's the most meaningful event in a teacher's life, watching them get older, receive their diploma and has even been invited to present students with their diploma at their graduation. You know they have captured the lessons you wanted them to learn. In another interview, conducted with Alia, a 19 yr teach who is responsible for teaching 4-6 grade students. The intriguing piece of information about Alia, her students will start with her from 4th grade till 6th grade, and she interacts with the student and the students parents, she gets to know the parents and inform them about the learning abilities their strengths and weaknesses. A bond and trust is developed and the learning continues once the child departs the teacher's learning environment and trickles into the family and the siblings surrounds. She hopes that she can provide teach of her 35 students with an experience of that of a charter school on an inner city school budget. That will not nor has not stopped her from working with students who need one-on-one time, she spoke of during her planning book, she notates the student's that has special needs and requires extra time to take quizzes or exams. She arranges for her students who can not take pen to paper test but will mesmerize you with the detailed information and proper response. The hardest part of her job is not teaching but building strong minds, individuals who have not tapped into knowing that they are more than what they think they are or told they will be or made to believe they are. It's the mental that teachers develop as well preparing them for the next level of life and again, it's funny how that was relayed throughout the interviews. Alia also stated, you'll be amazed at how many students come back to say “Thank you” I couldn't have made it this far without you, the impact teacher's leave on students is amazing they state, their has been times when she's walked to her car and noticed a note sometimes the note is so sincere you can't help but cry that makes up for the money teacher's don't get receive, funding and supplies the system fails to account for as teachers fund out of their check. It's reasons like that are laid out in surprise visit and letters that keep most teachers motivated. I spoke with Justin, a three year teacher, very eager to make his mark in the Miami school system, during his “licensure” or “certification” and learning his average salary may be in the range of $34,229.00 until he reaches 14+ to contend for the high $54,000 average salary. He was/is ok with knowing he's making a difference he's able to go and speak at different places and classes as well being a motivational speaker to say. Like most teachers their personal time is consumed with thinking of ways to reach children, reach children who needs support groups due to parents removing their child in order to make ends meet. Although it's not an everyday event Justin speaks to those children and parents to extend a hand or find a service to that working mother doesn't replace that child as a replacement in the house. I asked Justin the same question I asked/say “If you could ask the Congress what would you say”? His response was dead on with the other interviewers. Please let's stop asking for financial prisons backing and strict gun measures let's funnel this money back into our children and the generations to come, think about how technology is always changing, well a child's brain is like technology as well...again lets get back to the focus of raising the countries youth. Show them that America has it's children educational best interest. Fund for what is right and measure the quality of success we are not getting due to. During this piece this is where the interviewers all tied the “No Child Left Behind” (NCLB) and felt this program has a narrow that of being correct, there are children who are self-motivated and self lead to learn while, other children need a teacher to “lead from the front” and help bring them along where their classmates level. Both Ohio teachers mention Ohio Teachers Evaluation Systems (OTES) and how they spend countless hours to ensure that when this inspection comes around that they are spot on with the teaching curriculum says they need to be and if they don't then it's marked against them and it's on their records, both teachers echoed this also hurts the leave “NCLB” because within this thirty minute interview, they have to present what they have to these evaluators.

In conclusion, during the interviews why become an educator, it's about the passion, the love of children and for the children. It's not Never Never Land, but it's an environment where you can help a child live out the most incredible fantasy of their lives just like some of the most popular kids they see or have seen on tv: Hilary Clinton, President’s Barrack Obama, George Bush Sr and Junior, Oprah Winfrey, Barbara Walters, Taylor Swift,  and Gabby Douglas. Somewhere along in their lives was a mentor and that mentor was a teacher that breathed the life of an education filled with love and endless possibilities as that child watched, learned, digested what their teacher sole life purpose to arrive early with a lesson plan, stay late prepping the classroom for another tomorrow to help develop the country's tomorrow.