"For ALL students to excel, teachers must take the time to get to know their students and connect with them. This is not just finding out about how they will learn, but it’s finding out about who they are as a person and showing you care. We must show empathy."
"For a teacher, there is no better feeling than seeing your students reach their highest potential - that is why we stay after school late, arrive at school early and spend nights and weekends grading, planning and preparing. The sacrifices of a teacher almost always go unnoticed and unrecognized yet we don't do it for praise, we do it for hope - the hope that our students will become the best that they can be."
"Great teachers demonstrate their passion for teaching, are cognizant of their effectiveness, and carefully monitor how students gravitate to learn. There is no greater experience than the process of teaching and learning."