Teacher Quotes Quotes

“I see the most effective teacher being the one who facilitates learning in the same way a gardener facilitates growth, as opposed to the one who is just giving instruction.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Poinciana School

“Rules and consequences are not the best tools for classroom management. Giving students goals and rewards is more effective. It’s about putting systems in place that actively incentivize good behavior and passively decentivize bad behavior. In this way, as a teacher you can spend less time on managing behaviors and more time on educating and leading.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Teachers have to model the behaviors they expect from students. If you expect your students to be respectful, you need to be the first one to be seen showing respect to every student and every other teacher. If you expect your students to be curious learners, then you yourself should be a curious learner who is willing to learn from your students sometimes. Do not ask of your students any behavior which you are not willing and able to model.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

“There’s a big difference between teaching and instructing. Telling kids what to do and giving them assignments is not teaching, that’s instructing. On the contrary, teaching includes helping students to cultivate talents, foster understanding, and develop skills. Anyone can instruct, but teaching is a gift.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Students learn well through inquiry. We should embrace the students' natural inquisitiveness. We should also encourage students to ask more questions and better questions, and encourage them to use seeking as a means to finding answers.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr., Principles of a Poinciana School

“Every teacher should have real world experience in the subject they teach. To teach science, you should now be or have been a scientist or been in a job that uses science a lot. To teach business, you should now be or have been an entrepreneur or worked in the corporate world. This way, we can teach for real life and not for tests or abstractions.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, The Wealth Reference Guide: An American Classic

“Business Education starts in Elementary School and continues through to High School and then to University. The sooner we teach students the essentials of business, the more capable they'll be at thriving in business when they're older.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr, CEO of Mayflower-Plymouth

“Teachers should encourage students’ creativity. That means that it’s okay for class to get a little wild sometimes. You can’t have creativity without getting a little wild sometimes. That means in our classrooms we should hear lively discussions, insightful debates, engaging conversations, exchanges of ideas, and informative play.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“At Poinciana Schools, every student is like a beautiful Poinciana Tree that produces an abundance of blossoms of value.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“People can tell when a leader disciplines with the power of love versus when a leader disciplines with a love for power.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“As a leader, it is possible to be both loved and respected. You don’t have to be a pushover to be loved, and you don’t have to be a bully to be respected.”
― Hendrith Vanlon Smith Jr

“Push beyond your limits and surpass your own expectations.”
― Norbertus Krisnu Prabowo

“A school's growth is only possible when both teachers and students embrace it as their second home.”
― Norbertus Krisnu Prabowo

“A student who memorizes all the mark schemes from past papers and expects the next examination to have the same answers is akin to someone who dreams of a perfect, easy life and unicorns”
― Norbertus Krisnu Prabowo

“A humble teacher and a curious student ignite each other's spark like fireworks in the night sky, creating a beautiful and memorable spectacle.”
― Norbertus Krisnu PRabowo

“Unlock the wisdom within a book, for it holds the promise of saving you five years of your journey.”
― Norbertus Krisnu Prabowo

“Nature is the greatest teacher. It teaches us patience, humility, and respect for all living things.”
― Biju Karakkonam, Nature and Wildlife Photographer

“A humble teacher and a curious student, together, they bring the best to the world.”
― Bhuwan Thapaliya, Our Nepal, Our Pride

“Nothing You Encounter in Life is Too Difficult - It's There to Teach you a Lesson
Fred Cheshire, "There's Nothing I Can't Do - Fred's Story”
― Mariam Cheshire, There's Nothing I Can't Do - Fred's Story: Continuation of the Fred Cheshire biography, "Worries Won't Happen - Fred's Story"

“Even teachers are not immune to learning, we are all students in the school of life.”
― Mwanandeke Kindembo

“The greatest treasure a teacher possesses is witnessing their students grow and rise, becoming blessings to others.”
― Norbertus Krisnu Prabowo

“Great teachers are never born in silent classrooms.”
― Norbertus Krisnu Prabowo

“Embrace the Christ-like character of selfless service and servant leadership; As a teacher, true transformation unfolds when students are guided to become the best versions of themselves.”
― Norbertus Krisnu Prabowo

“THE ONLY REVENGE KNOWN TO ME IS TO TEACH A LESSON”
― P.S. Jagadeesh Kumar

“Just like cars and other products have models that look alike, a school's students MUST ALL look alike. Their uniforms. Their textbooks. Their bags (Yeah) Their capabilities (Yes) Their "content of character" The kinds of students in your school must be similar ENOUGH to "look alike". They must CONFORM to a standard that guarantees that they look alike. Teachers must use systems and SOPs that guarantees that the student look alike. The goal is simple. Many schools don't get this. Vision statements, mission statements, tagline and all when used well guarantees that ALL students look alike.”
― Asuni LadyZeal

“A good teacher teaches how to gain advantage. A great teacher teaches how to give joy.”
― Sergey Vedenyo

“No word ”
― Atlas Gondal

“Most people need healing more than they need teaching.”
― Tamerlan Kuzgov

“Engagement is more about what you can do for your students, and empowerment is about helping students to figure out what they can do for themselves. Empowerment is the ultimate goal of UDL.”
― Katie Novak EdD, UDL Now! A Teacher's Guide to Applying Universal Design for Learning in Today's Classrooms

“I keep telling my students to never give up chasing your dreams. And I too will never give up chasing my dreams.”
― Avijeet Das