The Impact of Great Teachers

The Impact of Great Teachers "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein Once children reach A teacher affects school age, they spend more 3,000 students over the course of their time with their teachers than with their parents. career on average. How great teachers affect student learning Students with effective teachers achieve about three times the academic gains than those with less effective teachers, regardless of their backgrounds. 2 In one school year, students get about 1 1/2 year's worth of learning from the strongest teachers. 2 How great teachers affect student's lives Students assigned to a high value-added teacher for one year between 4th and 8th grade: Have an increased cumulative lifetime income of $25,000 on average. Are more likely to attend college. Are less likely to become teenage mothers. Harvard Study "The Long-Term impacts of Teachers" The authors of the study suggest that if a great teacher is leaving, the parents should collectively pay as much as $100,000 in bonuses to persuade the teacher to stay for 1 more year. 10 Great teachers help students become successful in life "My success came from how lucky I was to have some great teachers...There's no way there'd be a Microsoft without what they did." Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. "I always, because of you, felt I could take on the world. You did exactly what teachers are supposed to do, they create a spark for learning that lives with you from then on." Oprah Winfrey, television producer. "Someone who made the most important difference in my life died last year -- my high school journalism teacher, Hattie M. Steinberg." %3D Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author. "My teacher, Lee Lecraw, set high standards. She taught her students about being responsible. She taught us the importance of integrity. Though thoroughly demanding, she also had a special gift for making learning fun. Lee was my teacher for several years when I was growing up, and I am blessed to call her a mentor and friend to this day." Ken Chenault, CEO of American Express. "She showed me that I could take my dreams as seriously as I wanted." James Franco, Academy Award nominated actor. "Outside of the family, my most influential role model was a high school English teacher, Donald Crouch." James Earl Jones, Academy Award nominated actor. Great teachers are often underappreciated PRINCIPAL In a study of 90,000 teachers researchers found that of the high performing teachers: Only 47% were informed that they were high performing by school leadership. Only 26% were encouraged to take leadership roles. Only 37% were encouraged to keep teaching at the school the next year. Sources 1. http://obs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/chetty/value_added.html 2. http://www.caldercenter.org/facts-behind-superman.cfm 3. http://ntp.org/assets/documents/TNTP_ Irreplaceables_ExecSum_2012.pdf 4. Teachers With Class by Marsha Serling Goldberg and Sonia Feldman 5. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/09/opinion/foreign-affairs-my-favorite-teacher.html 6. http://www.teacherscount.org/wannateach/why/impact.shtml 7. htp://www.teacherscount.org/ 8. http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/The-Teachers-Who-Changed-Oprahs-Life/2 9. http://www.takepart.com/blog/cause-celeb/2010/09/30//videos- steven-chu-bill-gates-jill-biden-and-others-thank-their-teachers 10. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/kristofthe-value-of teachers.html Infographic by TeacherCertificationDegrees.com The Impact of Great Teachers "It is the supreme art of the teacher to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge." Albert Einstein Once children reach A teacher affects school age, they spend more 3,000 students over the course of their time with their teachers than with their parents. career on average. How great teachers affect student learning Students with effective teachers achieve about three times the academic gains than those with less effective teachers, regardless of their backgrounds. 2 In one school year, students get about 1 1/2 year's worth of learning from the strongest teachers. 2 How great teachers affect student's lives Students assigned to a high value-added teacher for one year between 4th and 8th grade: Have an increased cumulative lifetime income of $25,000 on average. Are more likely to attend college. Are less likely to become teenage mothers. Harvard Study "The Long-Term impacts of Teachers" The authors of the study suggest that if a great teacher is leaving, the parents should collectively pay as much as $100,000 in bonuses to persuade the teacher to stay for 1 more year. 10 Great teachers help students become successful in life "My success came from how lucky I was to have some great teachers...There's no way there'd be a Microsoft without what they did." Bill Gates, co-founder of Microsoft. "I always, because of you, felt I could take on the world. You did exactly what teachers are supposed to do, they create a spark for learning that lives with you from then on." Oprah Winfrey, television producer. "Someone who made the most important difference in my life died last year -- my high school journalism teacher, Hattie M. Steinberg." %3D Thomas L. Friedman, NY Times columnist and Pulitzer Prize winning author. "My teacher, Lee Lecraw, set high standards. She taught her students about being responsible. She taught us the importance of integrity. Though thoroughly demanding, she also had a special gift for making learning fun. Lee was my teacher for several years when I was growing up, and I am blessed to call her a mentor and friend to this day." Ken Chenault, CEO of American Express. "She showed me that I could take my dreams as seriously as I wanted." James Franco, Academy Award nominated actor. "Outside of the family, my most influential role model was a high school English teacher, Donald Crouch." James Earl Jones, Academy Award nominated actor. Great teachers are often underappreciated PRINCIPAL In a study of 90,000 teachers researchers found that of the high performing teachers: Only 47% were informed that they were high performing by school leadership. Only 26% were encouraged to take leadership roles. Only 37% were encouraged to keep teaching at the school the next year. Sources 1. http://obs.rc.fas.harvard.edu/chetty/value_added.html 2. http://www.caldercenter.org/facts-behind-superman.cfm 3. http://ntp.org/assets/documents/TNTP_ Irreplaceables_ExecSum_2012.pdf 4. Teachers With Class by Marsha Serling Goldberg and Sonia Feldman 5. http://www.nytimes.com/2001/01/09/opinion/foreign-affairs-my-favorite-teacher.html 6. http://www.teacherscount.org/wannateach/why/impact.shtml 7. htp://www.teacherscount.org/ 8. http://www.oprah.com/oprahshow/The-Teachers-Who-Changed-Oprahs-Life/2 9. http://www.takepart.com/blog/cause-celeb/2010/09/30//videos- steven-chu-bill-gates-jill-biden-and-others-thank-their-teachers 10. http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/12/opinion/kristofthe-value-of teachers.html Infographic by TeacherCertificationDegrees.com