Support West Bloomfield Area Teachers on World Teachers' Day
Give back to local teachers by celebrating World Teachers' Day on Oct. 5.
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World Teachers' Day, celebrated on Oct. 5, is a great opportunity to show teachers in the West Bloomfield School District how great you think they are. But, the day also takes on a deeper meaning, standing for the protection of teachers' rights.
Since its inception in 1994, World Teachers' Day has had a theme every year. The theme for 2012 is “Take a stand for teachers.”
This day was founded by UNESCO, the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
Its aim is to educate the public about the conditions of being a teacher around the world, focusing specifically on the protection of teachers' rights, and the proper training, development and status raising of teachers.
UNESCO’s partners in this effort are the International Labour Organization, the United Nations Development Programme, Education International and UNICEF.
Everyone has an educator who has changed his or her life with their kindness, humor or educational impact.
On World Teachers' Day, we can remember them by looking at issues and obstacles they may face, knowing that the brightest and most motivated teachers need to be continually attracted to a profession whose status continually needs improvement socially and monetarily.
Earlier this week, Karrie Martin, a fifth-grade teacher at Mary Helen Guest Elementary in Walled Lake Consolidated Schools, was awarded $1,100 worth of school supplies from Office Max.
Guest was chosen to receive an additional $5,000 in school supplies for the entire school and staff.
More than 100 countries currently observe World Teachers' Day, with many corporate supporters such as Google recognizing the global impact and conditions of teachers.
TELL US: How will you celebrate World Teachers' Day? Give your favorite teachers a shout out in the comments section below.
Bruce Sucher
7:30 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Really? Support West Bloomfield teachers today? These are thge same people that wanted to walk out, want more pay and better benefits? I do not think so! Public employee uniuons need to be reigned in and made to pay premiums, have 401 (k)s as opposed to defined benefit plans. Remeber while good teachers are very important, the good ones do not need a union., The good ones know how to teach, have a passion for it and want kids to learn. The others want nothing more than to be taken care of enough already. They wrok 9 1/2 months a year, get 10-20 "personal" days and pay almost nothing towards healthe care or retirement. Stop the madness! AND stop teaching socialism to our kids!
Nancy Perkins
10:55 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
My two favorite teachers were Mrs. Thelma DeWitte and Mrs. June Paddy from Scitch School, back in the '60's. By the end of First Grade, (Mrs. Paddy's Class), I had decided I wanted to be a teacher myself. Two years ago, I retired after more than 34 years of teaching. Most of the teachers I knew, were dedicated, hard working teachers. If you are teaching today, you are working hard. There's no way around it. You are juggling two jobs-- teaching during the day, and then responsible for all of the prep, paperwork, meetings, workshops, parent conferences, field trips, and so many other school events.
If you are reading this comment, most of you can thank a teacher. Hats off to teachers everywhere on World Teachers' Day!
Timothy Rath
11:10 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Great perspective. :)
Nancy Perkins
10:56 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Sorry, that's Scotch School!
Richard Miller
10:56 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
umm sounds like your firm does the same items a union does.
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Richard Miller
11:03 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
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Richard Miller
11:06 am on Friday, October 5, 2012
Oh and Bruce I , as a teacher, am not responsible for setting the school year. The state does...(seems an atty would know that} I would personally want to see a year round schedule and that is on a salary 1/4 of yours.
Jane Doe
8:54 pm on Friday, October 5, 2012
What kind of person says those things on World Teacher Day?! Not to mention how incorrect almost everything was (or the misspellings)...
As a teacher, this is the first I've heard of World Teacher Day. And it's 8:50PM. Oh we'll, maybe next year.