{"id":1027,"date":"2016-05-06T10:02:13","date_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:02:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/?p=1027"},"modified":"2016-05-06T10:02:13","modified_gmt":"2016-05-06T15:02:13","slug":"message-from-a-teacher","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/06\/message-from-a-teacher\/","title":{"rendered":"Message from a Teacher"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"fb-root\"><\/div>\n<p><script>(function(d, s, id) {  var js, fjs = d.getElementsByTagName(s)[0];  if (d.getElementById(id)) return;  js = d.createElement(s); js.id = id;  js.src = \"\/\/connect.facebook.net\/en_US\/sdk.js#xfbml=1&version=v2.3\";  fjs.parentNode.insertBefore(js, fjs);}(document, 'script', 'facebook-jssdk'));<\/script><\/p>\n<div class=\"fb-post\" data-href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barkadacircle\/posts\/1000716403352609\" data-width=\"604\">\n<blockquote cite=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barkadacircle\/posts\/1000716403352609\" class=\"fb-xfbml-parse-ignore\">\n<p>As educators, we have a unique opportunity to share our empowering stories with students and communities, and elevate this profession.<\/p>\n<p>Posted by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barkadacircle\/\">Barkada Circle<\/a> on&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/barkadacircle\/posts\/1000716403352609\">Friday, May 6, 2016<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>I remember vividly the adults in my community who inspired me to give back to others.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>That is what teaching is about.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>The passion.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>The commitment.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>The joy.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>The stories.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>As educators, we have a unique opportunity to share our empowering stories with students and communities, and elevate this profession. <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>We must lead the charge and change the dialogue surrounding conversations about this profession.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>I will make this year about bringing classrooms into communities, and communities into classrooms\u2013c<\/em><\/span><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>reating moments\u2013and starting a national conversation about how we can all be better for kids. <\/em><\/span><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>Everyone has something to contribute, but we cannot do it alone.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>Find your gift.<\/em><\/span><br \/>\n<span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>Tell your stories.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color:#008000;\"><em>It truly does take a village.<\/em><\/span><\/p>\n<p><strong>\u2014 Jahana Hayes<\/strong><br \/>\n<strong>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <span style=\"text-decoration:underline;color:#666699;\"><a style=\"color:#666699;text-decoration:underline;\" href=\"https:\/\/www.whitehouse.gov\/blog\/2016\/05\/02\/what-promise-education-did-me\">2016 National Teacher of the Year<\/a><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I remember vividly the adults in my community who inspired me to give back to others. That is what teaching is about. The passion. The commitment. The joy. The stories. As educators, we have a unique opportunity to share our empowering stories with students and communities, and elevate this profession. We must lead the charge &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/2016\/05\/06\/message-from-a-teacher\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Message from a Teacher<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[2],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1027"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1027\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1027"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1027"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/barkadacircle.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1027"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}