The document discusses reasons for becoming a teacher and strategies for being an effective teacher. Some key reasons for becoming a teacher include influencing young lives to become successful adults, enhancing children's lives, learning from different groups of children each year, and educating children. Effective teaching strategies include being assertive, paying close attention, asking questions to help learning, focusing on improving the classroom each year, and using hands-on projects.

1. Reasons
For
Being
A
Teacher
BY ANDRE’ VANDERPOOL

2.  To
influence these young lives to grow into
successful healthy adults.

3. Ways To Improve
 Be
Assertive
 Pay
close attention
 Ask
questions To help you learn
 Focus
on improving the classroom year
after year
 Hands
on projects

4. Reasons to be a teacher

Enhance children’s lives

Different group of children every year

Learn new things from children every year and use that to improve

Educating Children

Participate in student, teacher activities
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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzDq0IlMJTg

5. Homework & Projects

Assigning homework allows the child to learn outside of the
classroom

Weekly reading assignments

Classroom Projects to allow the student’s to work together

6. Teacher Blogs

http://www.scholastic.com/teachers/article/top-20-teacher-blogs
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This blog site shows all kinds of different
classroom settings.

One classroom has a discussion board setup for
the students and teachers to interact with each
other with questions and concerns.

7. Online Learning Games

Allows the children to have fun while learning

Build confidence

Encourage students

Improve Reading, Spelling, & Math skills

http://www.learninggamesforkids.com/3rd-grade-math.html

8. Looking Professional

9. Healthy Classroom Snacks

10. My Pets
Peanut
Cali