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less of whether students plan to learn, this issue in our schools is two-fold:
ǁŽƌŬ ŝŶ ĂŶ ŽĸĐĞ͕ Ă ƐƚŽƌĞ͕ Žƌ ŽŶ ƚŚĞ ƌŽĂĚ͕ o Professional development.
certain skills (and a high school diploma) Teachers who are good at what they do
are necessary. While you may not need ĂƌĞ ƉƌŽƵĚ ƚŽ ĚŽ ŝƚ͘ dŽ ƚŚĂƚ ĞŶĚ͕ ŝŶǀĞƐƟŶŐ
ƚŽ ŬŶŽǁ ŚŽǁ ƚŽ ĚŽ Ă ƋƵĂĚƌĂƟĐ ĞƋƵĂƟŽŶ͕ in professional development for teach-
ĂĚĚŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐƵďƚƌĂĐƟŶŐ ĨƌĂĐƟŽŶƐ ŝƐ Ă ĚĂŝ- ĞƌƐ ĐĂŶ ŚĞůƉ ƚĞĂĐŚĞƌƐ ĚŽ Ă ďĞƩĞƌ ũŽď ĂŶĚ
ly part of our lives. While you may not can help teachers take pride in their oc-
ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ǁƌŝƚĞ Ă ƚĞŶͲƉĂŐĞ ƉĂƉĞƌ ĂŶĂůLJnjŝŶŐ ĐƵƉĂƟŽŶƐ ĂŶĚ ĐĂƌĞĞƌƐ͘
Ă ǁŽƌŬ ŽĨ ĮĐƟŽŶ͕ LJŽƵ ǁŝůů ŶĞĞĚ ƚŽ ƌĞĂĚ Ž dĞĂĐŚĞƌ ĂƉƉƌĞĐŝĂƟŽŶ͘ /Ĩ ǁĞ ĐƌĞĂƚĞ
ŝŶƐƚƌƵĐƟŽŶƐ ŵĂŶƵĂůƐ ĂŶĚ ƐŽƌƚ ƚŚƌŽƵŐŚ a school environment in which teachers
various reading materials. If students are respected and admired and in which
understand that school is about plan- ƐƚƵĚĞŶƚƐ Ğdžŝƚ ƚŚĞ ĐůĂƐƐƌŽŽŵ ĚĂŝůLJ ĂŌĞƌ
ning for the future, it is easier to buckle thanking their teachers for the lessons
ĚŽǁŶ ĂŶĚ ǁŽƌŬ ŽŶ ĂĐĐƵŵƵůĂƟŶŐ ƚŚŽƐĞ learned, the whole culture of the school
skills necessary for the future. will change.

ͻ dĞĂĐŚĞƌ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ͘ dŚĞƌĞ͛Ɛ Ă ĨĂ- Mediocrity is just that – mediocre! And,
mous saying, “Those who can do, do. those test scores have proven that the
Those who can’t do, teach.” For obvi- ŵĞƌŝĐĂŶ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ ŝƐ ŶŽƚ ƉĞƌ-
Bulletin
ous reasons, this statement is demean- fect. Therefore, if we can take these
ing, but it is also inherently unfair to the ƟŶLJ ƐƚĞƉƐ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ ĂŶĚ ŝŶ ŽƵƌ ŽǁŶ
teachers and students in our schools minds to model other country’s educa-
today. The main thing that we can take ƟŽŶĂů ŵŽĚĞůƐ͕ ǁĞ ŵŝŐŚƚ ũƵƐƚ ďĞ ĂďůĞ ƚŽ
ĂǁĂLJ ĨƌŽŵ &ŝŶůĂŶĚ͛Ɛ ŵŽĚĞů ŽĨ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ edge them out, moving from mediocrity
is that a teacher’s pride in his or her job to excellence.
is among the most important factors in
ĂŶ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ƐLJƐƚĞŵ͘ dŚĞ ǁĂLJ ƚŽ ĂƩĂĐŬ

Ŷ ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƚŽƌ ĂŶĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶ ĐŽŶƐƵůƚĂŶƚ͕ DƌƐ͘ ZŝŅĂ ^ĐŚŽŶĨĞůĚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞƌǀĞĚ
ƚŚĞ :ĞǁŝƐŚ ĐŽŵŵƵŶŝƚLJ ĨŽƌ ĐůŽƐĞ ƚŽ ƚŚŝƌƚLJ LJĞĂƌƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ĨŽƵŶĚĞĚ ĂŶĚ ĚŝƌĞĐƚƐ ƚŚĞ ǁŝĚĞůLJ
ĂĐĐůĂŝŵĞĚ ĞĚƵĐĂƟŽŶĂů ƉƌŽŐƌĂŵ͕ ^K^͕ ƐĞƌǀŝĐŝŶŐ Ăůů ŐƌĂĚĞ ůĞǀĞůƐ ŝŶ ƐĞĐƵůĂƌ ĂƐ ǁĞůů ĂƐ
,ĞďƌĞǁ ƐƚƵĚŝĞƐ͘ ŬƌŝĂŚ ĂŶĚ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ƐƉĞĐŝĂůŝƐƚ͕ ƐŚĞ ŚĂƐ ŐŝǀĞŶ ĚLJŶĂŵŝĐ ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉƐ
ĂŶĚ ŚĂƐ ƐĞƚ ƵƉ ƌĞĂĚŝŶŐ ůĂďƐ ŝŶ ŵĂŶLJ ƐĐŚŽŽůƐ͘ /Ŷ ĂĚĚŝƟŽŶ͕ ƐŚĞ ŽīĞƌƐ ĞǀĂůƵĂƟŽŶƐ
'͘ ͘ ͘ ƉƌĞƉĂƌĂƟŽŶ͕͕ ƐŽĐŝĂů ƐŬŝůůƐ ƚƌĂŝŶŝŶŐ ĂŶĚ ƐŚŝĚĚƵĐŚ ĐŽĂĐŚŝŶŐ͕ ĨŽĐƵƐŝŶŐ ŽŶ ďƵŝůĚ-
ŝŶŐ ƐĞůĨͲĞƐƚĞĞŵ ĂŶĚ ƐĞůĨͲĂǁĂƌĞŶĞƐƐ͘ ^ŚĞ ĐĂŶ ďĞ ƌĞĂĐŚĞĚ Ăƚ ϳϭϴͲϯϴϮͲϱϰϯϳ Žƌ Ăƚ ƌŝŅĂ-
ƐĐŚŽŶĨĞůĚΛŐŵĂŝů͘ĐŽŵ ͘ zŽƵ ĐĂŶ ǀŝĞǁ ƚŚĞ ǁĞď Ăƚ ƌŝŅĂƐĐŚŽŶĨĞůĚƐŽƐ͘ĐŽŵ͘

ZĞŐŝƐƚĞƌ ŶŽǁ ĨŽƌ Ă DŝŶĚƐĞƚƐ ĂŶĚ , ǁŽƌŬƐŚŽƉ ďLJ ƌ͘ ZŽďĞƌƚ ƌŽŽŬƐ ŽŶ
EŽǀĞŵďĞƌ ϭϯ͕ ϮϬϭϴ͘ WůĞĂƐĞ ĐĂůů DƌƐ͘ ^ĐŚŽŶĨĞůĚ Ăƚ ϳϭϴͲϯϴϮͲϱϰϯϳ ĨŽƌ ŵŽƌĞ ŝŶĨŽ͘

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