An Inspired Teacher...

• Challenges students with meaningful, relevant, and interesting school work.
  
• Establishes and maintains high expectations by holding students accountable, providing intellectually stimulating content, and motivating students to achieve beyond their perceived limits.
  
• Sparks students' natural intellectual curiosity, is well-versed in subject matter, and employs many methods of enabling students to learn it.
• Builds a positive and productive relationship with every student.
  
• Plans each lesson thoughtfully and with a clear goal in mind, continually observes and assesses student learning, and adjusts instruction accordingly.
  
• Enjoys teaching and embraces new challenges.
  
• Enables students to become knowledgeable and self-disciplined, with the skills to think and solve complex problems in school and inl life.
  

AN INSPIRED TEACHER TEACHES STUDENTS HOW TO THINK,

NOT JUST WHAT TO THINK.