The Day to Day Life and Career of a Teacher
No two teaching careers are the same. The way you teach and pursue your career is unique to you. By choosing a teaching career, you bring your full self to the school community: your personality, your experience, and your ambitions.
Teaching Enables You To
elevate your life, transform others’ lives
give back to your community
expand your career and work path
experience a diverse community of future Minnesotans, be a part of the solution for education in this state
"Better than a thousand days of diligent study is one day with a great teacher."
Japanese proverb
"If you have to put someone on a pedestal, put teachers. They are society’s heroes.”
Guy Kawasaki
“A mind, once stretched by a new idea, never regains its original dimensions.”
Oliver Wendell Holmes
“To stimulate life, leaving it then free to develop, to unfold, herein lies the first task of the teacher.”
Maria Montessori
A teacher is a compass that activates the magnets of curiosity, knowledge, and wisdom in the pupils.
Terri Guillemets
“I think the teaching profession contributes more to the future of our society than any other single profession.”
John Wooden
Education is the key to success in life, and teachers make a lasting impact in the lives of their students.
Solomon Ortiz
Teaching is One of the Happiest Professions
Myth 1
Anyone Can Teach
Wrong! The idea is nonsense - try organizing a child's birthday party or chaperoning a high school dance!
Myth 2
Teacher Preparation is Not Much Use
Wrong! Studies over the last 30 years show that fully prepared teachers are more highly rated and more effective students.
Myth 3
Teachers Don't Work Hard Enough
Wrong! Teachers have little time during the day for planning, locating materials, talking with parents, meeting individually with students, or grading papers, they do all of these things after school hours, typically well into the evenings or on weekends.
Why Choose Teaching
