Today is teacher appreciation
day. We here at NCTQ would like to send a warm thank you to all of those out there
who teach and improve the lives of children. We’d also like to add an extra
note of gratitude to NCTQ’s Teacher Advisory Group (TAG), outstanding educators who provide an
additional voice to our research.
As we approach the end of the
TAG’s first year, we want to thank them for the numerous ways they’ve helped us,
including:
- sharing
insight and offering new perspectives that have influenced and improved several
NCTQ publications - writing and
contributing to our PDQ blog covering topics such as teacher collaboration, grit, data, classroom management, and teacher prep - engaging
with fellow teachers and NCTQ staff at an education policy research retreat - conducting
TAG teacher to teacher school visits organized entirely by our teachers - participating
in nuanced discussions about policies concerning teachers such as the Common
Core, career ladder roles, and teacher evaluation - providing
feedback to the work of other education policy organizations -
reaching out
to their local districts, unions, and, broadly, through social media to promote
TAG
Over the course of this year, our
TAG teachers have enriched our work, and we hope they’ve found the experience
similarly enriching. On a tangential note, we also recommend that all teachers
celebrate today with free tacos.
