Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Are teachers appreciated by their students?

I came across a really cool education website called TeAch-nology.com which provides free, easy-to-use resources for teachers dedicated to improving the education of our students. The site gives free access to more than 20,000 lesson plans, 6,700 free printable worksheets, pre-formatted rubrics, printable generators, teaching tips and themes, games, webquests, downloads, and access to more than 257,000 reviewed sites.

Members get access to lesson plans, background sites, web quests, teacher workbooks, rubrics, themes, web tools, tutorials, teaching ideas, worksheets, downloads, and games that we have available. Feel free to use and distribute these worksheets for educational purposes, so long as the copyright and footer information are left intact.

They also have a weekly Teacher Poll. One question and the results is listed below.

TeAch-nology.com's Teacher Poll of the Week
Teachers: Do you feel appreciated by your students?
Yes
60.0%
No
40.0%
Total Votes: 435

I find it pretty interesting that only 60 percent of the 435 teachers believed they are appreciated by their students. Perhaps it is because so many of our students today have a bad attitude about the classroom. As a board member of several educational charities like Children of the City, for example, it seems clear that once an outside group gets involved in a child’s life, there is a much greater appreciation for school, education and teachers as well.

Our dedicated team includes many certified professionals, along with 50 highly committed and trained volunteers who visit close to one thousand children every single month Kaylen: Children of the City Rocks!

One little girl named Kaylen was very shy when she first came to Children of the City. Now she is getting close to people because of the organization’s Create Success program. Failing grades had depleted her confidence and her social skills were suffering so she had started to isolate herself from her friends and classmates.

Create Success is an after school and summertime program that works to help a student’s academic success with intense tutoring and help with their daily homework. We have already seen dramatic increases in student’s reading and math levels, healthy study habits, communications, improved peer relationships, and more. Click here to learn more about this program.

When Kaylen entered Create Success, she was math phobic. “We do a lot of math. I was just so-so,” she said as she handed over a folder full of 90+ grades.

She has now become an expert at word problems thanks to the strategies she learned from her tutor, Melissa.

Her comments now -- “Children of the City Rocks!”

Kaylen is just one of the many kids who are being helped by this outreach program. If you want to learn more about it please visit my website Rocco Basile.org.

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