American Education Week: TEACH

T = Teacher

E = Educate

A = Adventure

C = Children

We teach….
	to make a difference
in the lives
	of children.
To encourage.
	To inspire.
To give hope for the future.

Thank you teachers for all that you give, each day, to the children you teach. Pepper hopes that we can assist you as you grow in your efforts to inspire and educate the children you serve every day. You can access our available Courses and utilize the Resource Library from your dashboard.

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American Education Week: TEACH

T = Teacher, E = Educate:

A = Adventure

Teaching is an adventure. Adventures come in many styles - some are challenging and some are merely exhilarating. Regardless of the type, adventures require an investment of time and energy. Each day in the classroom brings a new adventure.

Your day could be a mountain climb. One thing about climbing is that you can always see how much further you have to go, and a quick glance behind you shows you how far you have come. It’s a test of mental and physical strength, and it can last for a few hours or a few days.

Your day could be a sail or kayak across a smooth lake. While this can be physically draining, it can be emotionally rewarding. These days remind you why you chose teaching as a career.

Your day could be a rigorous hike or bike trek. These days seem like they last forever. Some are marked with pit stops along the way of small challenges.

You day could be a fast downhill ski run. Your day goes by in a blur and your feel as if you spent the whole day trying to avoid the trees.

Whatever the adventure your day in the classroom brings you, the difference you make in the children you teach is the ultimate reward. 

Thank you for embarking on new adventures in the classroom every day.  

Continue your professional development adventure by keeping up with new teaching skills and concepts by enrolling in Pepper Courses.

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American Education Week: TEACH

As we continue to celebrate American Education Week, today we get to our next letter in “TEACH”:

E = Educate

I had several “E” words in mind as I thought about what to write today: endurance, encourage, engage. But really, when it comes right down to it, there was only one that was the best choice. As teachers we are called to educate children. I love that educate is a verb because there’s definite action in all that a teacher does. I looked up synonyms for educate and here is what I found:

cultivate	develop	enlighten	improve
nurture	instruct	train	coach
edify	foster	mature	inform

As William Butler Yeats said, “Education is not the filling of a pail, but the lighting of a fire.”

From your Pepper Team, thank you teachers for all of these ways that you actively strive to educate children - to light that fire!

And, another “E” word...enroll. Be sure to enroll in Pepper courses to keep up your own education.

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