{"id":5578,"date":"2013-05-07T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T06:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/index.php\/2013\/05\/07\/teacher-appreciation-a-classy-day\/"},"modified":"2013-05-07T06:00:00","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T06:00:00","slug":"teacher-appreciation-a-classy-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.metrokids.com\/teacher-appreciation-a-classy-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Teacher Appreciation: A Classy Day"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tIt's National Teacher Day<\/a>. Not every profession has a formal day of appreciation. But not every profession is as demonized as it is lionized. Taking a day to step back from the politicization of education to focus instead on the fact that every day, in every classroom, a teacher stands in front of our kids, attempting to sink in as much knowledge as possible, is a nice respite from the debates surrounding unions and tenure, budget cuts and common core standards. <\/p>\n

\n\tSo in the spirit of the day, let's look at some recent stats straight from teachers themselves.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe 2013 TELL survey<\/a> (TELL stands for Teaching, Empowering, Leading and Learning) of 6,000 educators in Delaware shows that an impressive 80 percent of respondents think that, despite everything, their school is a good place to work and learn. The majority, 53 percent, also felt they had an appropriate level of influence in school decision-making.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe most recent iteration of the annual MetLife Foundation Survey of the American Teacher<\/a> paints a less rosy picture nationwide. The number of responding teachers stating job satisfaction fell 23 percent since 2008.<\/p>\n

\n\tSatisfied or not, teachers detail the way they spend their workday in Primary Sources 2012: America's Teachers on the Teaching Profession<\/a>:<\/p>\n