“A teacher affects eternity; he can never tell where his influence stops.”
Henry B. Adams
Teachers… Have you ever asked yourself that very question? Why? Why are we getting up day after day before the sun, leaving our own family to work with someone else’s children? Why are we working more than an 8 hour day to make lessons? Or are we really just making lessons? Why am I doing this day after day?
That is a question I never asked myself in the first few years of my career because frankly it didn’t matter. I was the teacher. I would plan. I would get through the curriculum. I would complete the tasks put before me, but did I really? Are “they” tasks or are they so much more than that?
Through this blog I hope to share how I see the “task… Beyond the Whiteboard!
Published by lauriesmith1995
I am a wife for 22 years and counting, mom of three, and a daily guide of kiddos! I have spent the last 20+ years learning from littles in a variety of classrooms. My days have been spent in preschool, first grade, second grade, third grade, and currently am loving my life in the fourth grade!
My greatest lessons have not been those that I have taught or those taught to me in an in-service or staff meeting. My greatest lessons have come from children under the age of 12. They have taught me the importance of building relationships and being the best me, all while being my heart.
I hope to share my journey. The ups and downs. The lessons learned along the way. The easy and the hard. So that teachers, educators, and administrators can see students as I do now… Beyond the Whiteboard!
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