Monday, May 08, 2006
Teacher Appreciation Day is Tomorrow!
If your child is in child care or school, there are special dates quickly approaching that provide an optimal way to say thanks to some mighty important people! For the past 15 years, communities across the United States have set aside the first full week of May as Teacher Appreciation Week , with the first Tuesday of that week (May 9th) as National Teacher Appreciation Day.
May 7-May 13 is Teacher Appreciation Week 2006. Take special care of your teachers this week and surprise them with well-deserved thanks. Most schools and parents honor teachers throughout the week.
Thousands of communities will take time out on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, during National Teacher Week, to honor their local educators and acknowledge the contributions they make to our lives. This year's theme is "Great Teachers Make Great Public Schools." The theme helps draw attention to the important role teachers have in making sure every child receives a quality public education. It also communicates the hard work teachers do each day to make public schools great for every child. The NEA's (National Education Association) press release honors teachers on their special day and looks at five top trends they face in the 21st century.
The origins of National Teacher Day are murky. Around 1944 Arkansas teacher Mattye Whyte Woodridge began corresponding with political and education leaders about the need for a national day to honor teachers. Woodbridge wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt, who in 1953 persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day. NEA, along with its Kansas and Indiana state affiliates and the Dodge City (Kan.) Local, lobbied Congress to create a national day celebrating teachers. Congress declared March 7, 1980, as National Teacher Day for that year only.
NEA and its affiliates continued to observe National Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985, when the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day.Celebrated on the Tuesday of the first full week of May, the actual date varies each year. In 2006, National Teacher Day takes place May 9. For more information about the weeklong celebration, visit the PTA's Web site.
Teachers agree that good teaching is their own reward, but Teacher Appreciation Week 2006 is a great time to let teachers know how they have touched your or your kids' lives. There are many ways to show appreciation for your teachers, for example:
If your child is in child care or school, there are special dates quickly approaching that provide an optimal way to say thanks to some mighty important people! For the past 15 years, communities across the United States have set aside the first full week of May as Teacher Appreciation Week , with the first Tuesday of that week (May 9th) as National Teacher Appreciation Day.
May 7-May 13 is Teacher Appreciation Week 2006. Take special care of your teachers this week and surprise them with well-deserved thanks. Most schools and parents honor teachers throughout the week.
Thousands of communities will take time out on Tuesday, May 9, 2006, during National Teacher Week, to honor their local educators and acknowledge the contributions they make to our lives. This year's theme is "Great Teachers Make Great Public Schools." The theme helps draw attention to the important role teachers have in making sure every child receives a quality public education. It also communicates the hard work teachers do each day to make public schools great for every child. The NEA's (National Education Association) press release honors teachers on their special day and looks at five top trends they face in the 21st century.
The origins of National Teacher Day are murky. Around 1944 Arkansas teacher Mattye Whyte Woodridge began corresponding with political and education leaders about the need for a national day to honor teachers. Woodbridge wrote to Eleanor Roosevelt, who in 1953 persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim a National Teacher Day. NEA, along with its Kansas and Indiana state affiliates and the Dodge City (Kan.) Local, lobbied Congress to create a national day celebrating teachers. Congress declared March 7, 1980, as National Teacher Day for that year only.
NEA and its affiliates continued to observe National Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985, when the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May. The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week National Teacher Day.Celebrated on the Tuesday of the first full week of May, the actual date varies each year. In 2006, National Teacher Day takes place May 9. For more information about the weeklong celebration, visit the PTA's Web site.
Teachers agree that good teaching is their own reward, but Teacher Appreciation Week 2006 is a great time to let teachers know how they have touched your or your kids' lives. There are many ways to show appreciation for your teachers, for example:
- Find former students of your school and encourage them to say a few things about the teacher who made a particular difference.
- Find someone in the local area willing to speak at your school about the history of education. You might check with historians or education professors at a nearby college. Have lecturers highlight the people whose contributions have meant the most to the teaching profession.
- Give your teachers a little present every day during Teacher Appreciation Week, for example a chocolate, and add a little poem to make it extra special.
- Find out more about teachers or send a card from Teacher's Count.
- More great infor at Education World.
- A Teacher Appreciation theme unit and activities at Ed Helper.com.
- Activities and coloring pages at DLTK Kids.
- Clip art and more at Discovery School.com.
- Lots of different ideas and cards at Child Care Lounge.
// posted by Tammy Wachter @ 3:19 PM 
