WHY BECOME A TEACHER?

“Students develop improved civic attitudes toward democratic participation, civic behaviors such as participating in community activities, and intentions to participate in civic activities resulting from diverse learning experiences.”

Teachers help students and others live longer and healthier lives.

“Americans with more education live longer, healthier lives than those with fewer years of schooling.”

Teachers help students in the classroom and in life!

“Teachers are more than educational-outcome machines — they are leaders who can guide students toward a purposeful adulthood.”

“Teachers who help students improve noncognitive skills such as self-regulation raise their grades and likelihood of graduating from high school more than teachers who help them improve their standardized test scores do.”

“Having a better teacher for a single grade increases by 0.5 percentage points a student’s probability of attending college by age 20. The institutions attended are also of higher quality as measured by the earnings of previous graduates.”

“One of the most significant roles a teacher can have is being a bridge, that is, connecting students’ worlds of home and school in meaningful and constructive ways.”

“School leaders of color have their own unique influence on hiring and staffing decisions, often resulting in greater attraction and retention among teachers of color.”

“The studies suggest that if there were more female math and science teachers in middle and high school, more girls would study these subjects in college.”