How Teachers Wow!
“Ms. Cooke-Nesme is a Wow bomb full of love.”
Kobina, grade 1
“Mrs. Clay wows me because she makes learning fun, and every time I get out of school I have something new in my brain.”
Charlie, grade 4
The WOW and WONDER of a Teacher
Like Kobina and Charlie, we all have had a teacher (or teachers!) who WOW’d us!
Teachers have one of the most important careers in the world. From developing fine motor skills to teaching literacy to nurturing autonomy and social-emotional skills, teachers have a powerful, lasting influence on the lives of their students.
We don’t need statistics to demonstrate the importance of teachers, as we all have our own experiences of how teachers WOW, but we thought we’d mention a few. From a 2023 survey by Zippia:
*Zippia. “30 Incredible Teacher Statistics [2023]: Demographics, Salary, And The U.S. Teacher Shortage” Zippia.com. Jul. 9, 2023
In further groundbreaking research, 200% of Team Tinkercast LOVES teachers who WOW! It’s because of the teachers we had that we have such BONKERBALLS amazing jobs at Tinkercast today!
“My 6th grade teacher, Ms. Leon, brought the WOW every day to my English class. She encouraged our creativity with fun projects, she wrote songs to help us remember the parts of speech, and her love of learning was totally contagious! Her encouragement has helped inspire in me a lifelong love of creativity and writing!”
Anna Zagorski, Marketing Tinkerer @ Tinkercast
“My 12th grade anatomy teacher, Ms. Mortland, was (and is) so cool. She was an excellent teacher in that she always kept us super interested and let use our creativity to learn science, which is pretty rare, and she was also just one of the warmest, kindest people I’ve ever met.”
Lizzie Freilich, Executive Assistant / Voice Actor @ Tinkercast
More Ways to WOW:
- The Power of a Teacher | Adam Saenz | TEDxYale
- Understanding a Teacher’s Long-Term Impact
- You can find more stories and quotes, check out submissions to our 2023 Teachers Who WOW contest here and here, and be sure to follow us on Facebook to see the submissions for 2024!
- Share TinkerClass with a fellow teacher to spread the joy of learning through laughter
- Join our Teachers Who WOW Facebook group to share, learn, and grow together!
Find more ways to WOW on our Teacher Blog!