Not only do teachers model effective collaboration with one another, but they also serve as role models for establishing and nurturing healthy relationships with students, families and community members. To provide applicable opportunities for their students, they partner with families, community-based businesses and organizations to extend and enhance the school’s curriculum. By doing this, they are modeling how to collaborate with community leaders to recognize and accomplish their goals. For example, a teacher with an affinity for gardening may wish to reach out to their peers or local Habitat for Humanity about collaborating on a community garden, which can teach student about healthy living, plant life cycles and more.
Henry Brooks Adams’ quote about teachers sums up their impact very clearly: "Teachers…are the most responsible and important members of society because their professional efforts affect the fate of the earth." In this way, becoming a teacher can indeed provide one with a career that is purposeful, uplifting and meaningful.
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