Every kid needs a champion | Rita Pierson | TED 

Great

Me too👌🏻

Facts

That's because they don't care how much you know...until they know how much you care

Well said.

I appreciate the Hamilton reference 😄

But you do get to see, tho. For teachers. As she said, former students sometimes realize how important some teachers were for them, and find it in them to articulate their love.

You legit man

Yes yes come through Hamilton

@@monel33 No, the statement means that the person who planted the seeds didnt witness the garden it produced.

Me too

Same I listen to this everyday before school.

SAME! When I feel like giving up….I listen to Dr. Pierson. She was an amazing educator.

I am watching this today just before I walk into my first interview to become an educator. I recalled watching this talk years ago and it left a mark on me. Happy to see that you and many others are motivated by this talk.

I'm watching this today, and I'm a freshmen college student major in English. This video just gives me more power to keep on going.

@@teachingfromtheheart3132 Dr. Pierson said her mother passed away at 92... as in that was how old she was when she died. This TED talk was in 2013.

@@skullhead346 Hello , This message is from the teacher, Thank you for the information, my students posted the wrong information, I had them remove the information.

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That is really sad

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+totaldepravity1975 well its the same as medicine school... you can get away with being a poor student in most colleges... you cant get away with being a bad student at medicine because people will suffer and die... and yet it happens... the same you can get away with being bored and out of touch with most jobs but not as a teacher... it will show in your attitude in class and in the results in class... anyway i dont like this kind of teacher... my examples of good teachers were different and i think not unique just rational and patient enough

No one is going to school to become a teacher "for the money". LOL

That is incorrect. Depending on the state that you are in, tenure can actually be very hard to obtain. Educators are judged based upon student standardized academic achievement. Tenure simply ensure that there is a protocol under which teachers are evaluated and are afforded due process. If a teacher leaves a district and moves back, many will lose their level on the pay scale and start back from zero. Just an example: news.tulane.edu/news/tenure-reform-affects-teacher-turnover-study-says

www.nysut.org/resources/special-resources-sites/tenure/myths-vs-facts

+totaldepravity1975 I agree with you INFINITY PERCENT. I am not a teacher but I have watched the best of the best fall to pieces and so ready to give up and the only thing keeping them going are the bills they have to pay.

I found myself tearing up watching this too. Rita is a powerful speaker.

I have to watch this for an interview and I legit just started tearing up. When you got it you got and if as an educator you feel emotion while watching this video then you know you're on the right path in life.

sounds like you have passion for kids and teaching. Thats awesome.

Jamie Lynn im totally agree with with you.

My professor showed us this in our Foundation of Education class too , and almost everyone was cheering - I cheered the loudest I'm rewatching and sharing to quote and cite her and share the video with my Child Psychology class.

Actually, no. It's literally about providing people the skills to be an independent adult.

Nooo, this ruined my day :( I hope you rest in peace Rita. Such a bright soul🥰

Sunflower Sneed ❤

I do the same.☺

I'm so glad you figure it out. Hopefully you can know love your students and on your way to becoming a better teacher. It's never too late!

Preach 🥰

and efficiency! THANKS for sharing!👍👏👊

When the kids say, "I love you, Mrs. Hall," I don't hesitate. I say, "I love you, too." Firstly, because I do, and secondly, they need to hear it.

Аrе уооооu mаking thеsе mistаkеs with ууоur mаn? twitter.com/69d21b393ddb1d94e/status/804693412402241537 Еvеrу kid nееds а сhаmрiоn Ritа Рieеrsоn

I am also so moved on what she said.

Me too!!! She’s amazing! I wish for teachers like that for my kid, but unfortunately they’re few and far between...at least in my school district.

No it wouldn't. More parents who stress the value of education and a society that doesn't expect "hero" teachers at poverty wages would.

Who thought that the government should be trusted to run the education system ? The government are Marxist change agents intent on destroying society, removing parental authority and then encouraging chaos in schools and universities. Teachers are servants of their masters so there is NOTHING teachers can do to fix system which has been designed by their masters to self-destruct.

Ever since I commented on it this daylast year on RU-vid. The comment's forwarded thousands of times. Every day, I got notifications on someone that forwarded it. It's been a year. the INGO that I work for has been really paying an increasing amount of attention on social emotional wellbeing of children the past year. And I, of course, continue to work on mental health on the side and has established my own organization as the leading org locally to deal with mental health, my baby, candlex.cn. We are going forward so fast that I forget to look back enough. Thanks to the Facebook memory, I feel proud and grounded this moment:)

Thanks for caring and helping people.

@@WinnieQin you are amazing

谢谢你为教育所做的一切 Thank you for everything you do for education

Same here!

I'm 21 years in. If you keep this mindset, you will serve your students well.

I showed this to my students! I teach future teachers at Utah Valley University. I'd love your opinion on my tips and new channel!

aww. she passed away? looks like she has left a legacy like her mother.

Unfortunately - here's her obituary: www.legacy.com/obituaries/houstonchronicle/obituary.aspx?pid=165784768

I'm in college studying to be an educator- and I want to be that person, the one that makes a difference. I've had several of these people in my life, and I want to carry on what they've done for me.

How have the years transformed you as an educator? Am curious as somebody going into education very soon!

Goood

I teach future teachers at Utah Valley University. I'd love your opinion on my tips and new channel!

How did that go for you Sarah?

FuuuckOffff currently in my third year of a bachelor of secondary ed 😅👍

@@sarahcrisp9194 oh wow! I just saw this video and after reading your comment I too was wondering whether you decided to actually become a teacher. How cool that you responded although it’s been 4 years! Funnily enough, the exact same story happened in my life and I am currently in my 3rd year of my Bachelors for secondary ed as well! Best wishes✨😊

were you? I"m praying you'll be a champion this year, too

Leslie White AMEN

Leslie White my sameeee prayer!!!

Mee too especially in these diffcult times of covid. I hope I make that connection, it was always so personal for. I can't teach kids who don't know or trust me yet. They have to meet me and we build that relationship. God help all the teachers this year! covid19 school year 2020/2021

I teach future teachers at Utah Valley University. I'd love your opinion on my tips and new channel!

Remember that you have to balance everything. The mistake I made my first two years teaching was devoting too much time to those "difficult learners" and ignoring the quiet kids who showed up every day and also need a ton of help. We have to not overestimate our worth as teachers as well. We spend about 1 hour a day with kids and we have take an ego check and realize we aren't the be all and end all in all kid's lives. To some kids we will be vital but not to others. While "not giving up" on some kids make sure you aren't ignoring the kids who really need that time and attention from you. Most of these "difficult learners" dropped out despite help and devotion from teachers. Three were shot to death in gang shootings after they dropped out but I don't blame myself. Because I also taught the student who got a Gates scholarship. The difference was attitude, not teachers. Their parents and they have to take ownership as well. Remember, this isn't a Hollywood movie and you can't do it all. Every teacher will not be the same. In your desire to make "EVERY teacher" like this woman, remember the Arizona teachers making poverty wages who can't get by, 571 of whom walked out of their classrooms, never to return within the first month of school this year. You want great teachers but do you want them to have a life and be able to take care of themselves? Remember teaching involves the school, administration, teacher, home life and peer group as well as socio-economics.

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If you feel it, you must go for it :)

+Javier Casas se escribe to hear :-)

finger mistake. Cheers

+Javier Casas se dice typo :)

I apologize for this, but I feel that your English isn't good enough for you to be an English teacher?

you should see the "English" teachers they send abroad to foreign countries to "teach" english.

I have the exact same major! Studying at Holy Family University. & yes relationships are critical. This definitely a huge motivator video!👍🏼

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I was planning to show this to my daughter principle, to show the at a staff meeting. My daughter got a new teacher and I know my daughter very well. She will challenge a teacher, but on more than one occasion I tried to speak to her about my daughter. My daughter would speak to her friends in class do not listen. Last year she did summer camp she had a rough time. In Kindergarten her teacher and assistant teacher took the time to listen to me. She knew I use to talk to them regularly and she could not cut up. She did very well in Kindergarten had 3 and 4s and moved up to first grade. Now her first grade teacher shuts the door every time, I tried to speak to her about, what will help and how she should communicate with my daughter. Friday I pick up my daughter, the first thing she going to say to me, is that my daughter was on red and she disrupt the whole class. She was like my daughter is so smart and her behaviour is going to stop her from improving. If she is a teacher and can't speak to a parent and if my daughter is seeing she not speaking to me she will continue. I can't do anything to help a situation if a teacher, does not try to speak to me. So I will take it up with the principle and ask for my daughter to be transferred to another teacher. Her Kindergarten teachers at dismissal will speak to me. This teacher all she say make a appointment. When I all want to know is how is my daughter doing. She shuts me out and my daughter see this. My daughter do well with teacher's she likes and who takes the time to speak to her on a one on one level. This teacher have attitude of come to work, teacher these bratty kids and can't wait to clock out to go home. God forbid a parent tries to speak to her at dismissal about their day. I am a parent and I tried my best to help a teacher to understand my child. So if a teacher sees it fit to keep shutting the door on me and my child keeps cutting up, I am just going to take to the principle of the school.

good one thank you for sharing

Aruna Kumar Gadepalli You're welcome Sir!

Awesome!!