There are many reasons to love being a teacher.  It’s always hard to remember when you are burned out, but it’s also easy to remind yourself of why you chose a teaching career.

            Teaching is one of those professions that keeps you on your toes and keeps you young at heart. It allows you to use your brain and continue learning each day, sometimes through a variety ofprofessional developmentmethods. It’s a profession that allows you to be creative, and work with a variety of different people. Each school day brings with it a new beginning. Now, how many jobs can you say can do that?

            So, if you find yourself going through a little teacher burnout, just read these reasons below to give yourself a little pick me up.

It’s an Endless Professional Development Journey

            A teaching career is something that never ends. You continually learn and grow each day. You learn new strategies, ideas, and skills. You learn a lot about yourself, not only as a teacher but as a person. You learn how much or how little you can handle each day. You learn more about your craft and how to best communicate it with your students. You also learn from professional development, which is essential in every teacher’s career.

Teaching is not only the students learning, but you as well.

            Your work has a purpose. You get the opportunity to touch the lives of your students and contribute to making their future one that is bright and productive. Many obstacles reside in our fast-paced world: New technology that must be learned and trying to stay afloat academically with other industrialized economies. Teachers are in the business of molding our youth into the citizens that will eventually run this country. That in itself tells you how your job is.

            Unlike most careers, a teaching career has the opportunity to inspire students, not only academically but personally as well. If you think back to when you were a child, I’m sure you can recall at least one teacher that really stood out and made a difference in your life. Teaching is touching the lives of your students, making connections that will last a lifetime, and providing them with inspiration that will take them places in their lives.

            When you are passionate and compassionate for something that you love, it will shine through. When you love what you do, not only will you make a difference in your students’ lives, but you will make a difference in your own as well.

So, go out there and be a teacher!

By: Maricar G. Juico