World Teachers’ Day 2011
Daniel Sadowsky is on the education team at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF.
Where would you be today without your teachers? Chances are you’d have great difficulty reading a news story, budgeting your family resources, or understanding another’s point of view. For their essential contributions to the advancement of humanity, members of the UN family recognize teachers each year on October 5, or World Teachers’ Day.
TeachUNICEF provides American teachers with tools for all students to learn about global issues. Teachers can use the free interdisciplinary resources at TeachUNICEF.org to enhance their students’ learning in social studies, English language arts, mathematics, and several other subject areas. They can also teach weighing perspectives and taking action for change to help their students become global citizens. We at the U.S. Fund for UNICEF honor all teachers, and particularly those who unite and empower American youth to learn about issues which affect children worldwide.
Here are some ways you can honor the teachers in your life for World Teachers’ Day:
- Print out the official World Teachers’ Day poster
- Send them official World Teachers’ Day e-cards
- Share your photos on Education International’s World Teachers’ Day Flickr page
- Join the conversation about World Teachers’ Day at the TeachUNICEF Facebook page
- Tweet with the hashtag #wtd2011
- Just say “thank you!”
What a great post! This is a great reminder for me to thank the teachers in my family for all of their hard work.
I couldn’t resist passing along the following statement written by a California blogger in 2010. It said in part:” ‘I touch the future… I teach.’ When Christa McAuliffe uttered those words, they resonated in many of us. In that simple statement she was able to convey WHY so many of us choose to teach. It’s not for the money… or the holidays… or the “weekends and summers”. It’s about shaping the lives of our children — it’s about guiding our future.” One can never determine where a teacher’s influence stops.
Thank YOU for writing and sharing this. I am a teacher and I didn’t know about WTD until now. UNICEF is an incredible organization and the resources it provides make this world a better place. Thanks again!
THANK YOU to all those at St. Hilda’s & St. Hugh’s who taught me to care about the children of the world (and Shakespeare, Ovid, Balthus, and the periodic table).
I consider servicing children through SSMS Global Connections and Leadership magnet school among the top experiences in my life thus far. Partly because of the awesome staff I work with and partly because of the amazing students. Anyone who reads this I would ask to say a word of thanks for this school and send us well wishes!!! Orozco
Thank you UNICEF for World Teachers Day! I am a teacher and my fondest memories from the classroom are the changes I have helped children make. I also love watching them as they grasp new languages [I teach French and Spanish]. It is a joyful occasion every day. I also love watching them learn to give and share their hearts with children through guiding them in Trick-or-Treat and TAP projects, and other projects helping children in Afghanistan and other countries.