I hope you will enjoy the Teacher Writings
I will start my 22nd year in the Public School system this fall..
Lord willing.

Teacher's Prayer

GOD,
grant me wisdom,
creativity, and love.

With WISDOM,
I may look to the future
and see the effect
that my teaching will have on these children,
and thus adapt my methods to fit the needs of each one.

With CREATIVITY,
I can prepare new and interesting projects
that can challenge my students
and expand their minds to set higher goals
and dream loftier dreams.

With LOVE,
I can praise my students for jobs well done
and encourage them to get up and go on
when they fail.
Lord, reveal yourself through me.
Amen

Teacher the Heart of Our School

A school is more than
books and desks
And learning two plus two
It's people who share
their skills and care,
And try their best in all they do.
We appreciate the teachers
and all that they do.



T reating children fairly, all ages and kinds,
E ducating, stimulating, expanding eager minds,
A nswering eager question and asking them, too.
C aring and sharing, discovering what's new,
H elping to kindle learning's bright flame,
E xploring what's different and what is the same,
R esponding with patience, your heart full of joy.

1872 Teachers Rules

1. Teachers must each day fill lamps & clean chimneys.

2. Each teacher will bring a bucket of water
& scuttle coal for the day's session.

3. Make your pens carefully.
You may whittle nibs to the individual taste of pupils.

4. Men teachers may take one evening each week
for courting purposes,or two evenings
if they go to church regularly.

5. After ten hours of school, the teachers may spend
the remaining time reading the Bible or any other good books.

6. Women teachers who marry or engage in unseemly conduct
will be dismissed.

7. Every teacher should lay aside from each pay a goodly sum
of their earnings for their benefit during their reclining years
so they will not become a burden to society.

8. Any teacher who smokes, uses liquor in any form,
frequents pool halls, or gets shaven in a barber shop
will give good reason to suspect their worth, intention,
integrity and honesty.

9. The teacher who performs his labor faithfully and without
fault for five years will be given and increase of
twenty-five cents per week in their pay,
providing the board of education approves.