Inspired Teachers

Here is a collection of Inspirational Teacher Stories submitted by educators. If you would like to share your inspirational stories, simply fill out this form! Student names are all changed to John or Jane Doe (or some alias). Newer stories are added to the top of this page.

• A Tale Of Teacher Inspiration
• I CAN Do It!
• A Student That Has Been Inspired
• The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee
• The Difference a Good Teacher Makes
• Good Morning, Sunshine...
• The Day Time Stopped
• A Bracelet that Changes a Teacher's Outlook
• Songs in the Key of Art
• You Have Made A Difference
• Here students are inspired by educational travel
• Little Artists
• The Greedy Triangle
• Welcome back...
• I CAN Do It!
• Math Made Fun
• From Volunteer to "Goo-yai"
• Education, Education, Education
• Using chess to teach literature and writing
• We Hold This Truth to Be Self-Evident
• Belinda
• My First Day and my First Breakthrough
• Just Me Without the Frills
• A Plus Pause: In Praise of Praise
• Journey to MAT - Boot Camp for New Teachers!
• This is the Child that Teachers Built...
• Teach One - Reach One
• Think About Your Son
• Special Teachers For Special Students
• Finding an Inner Artist
• Needs Versus Wants
• Teacher's Good-bye
• Inspired By a Student
• Teachers Turn Lives Around
• A simple gesture of support
• When the Family Fails
• My Inspirational Teacher
• Changes...
• Helping Mrs. Miller
• No small certificate is too small.
• Because She Cared
• One positive to turn around a lifetime of negatives
• 1 Teacher, 1 Principal, 1 Guidance Counselor
• It's Your Choice
• "The Shredder Junior"
• Unusual Motivation of Inner City Kids
• Second Mom
• Who you are speaks louder to me than anything you can say
• A Student That Has Been Inspired
• Aubrey
• The Mayonnaise Jar and 2 Cups of Coffee
• A "D Minus"
• Changing your students' view of testing!
• The Gift
• The Smile
• Miss H. thinks you're a Star
• The Difference a Good Teacher Makes
• Crabby Miss Franks
• Our Words Live On
• Never Judge a Teacher by their Appearance
• Teach me, please.
• - Best Friends
• - Making a difference
• See What You Can Do With That One
• Fame can be Fickle
• Taking Your Students to New Heights!
• The Story of A Student Who Started to Attend School Regularly and Willingly
• Never give up!
• Putting the Pieces Together With My Students
• Mentor Teacher
• The Christmas Trophy
• The Wright Brothers Project 2
• The Greatest Thing I've Ever Done.
• A lesson on self esteem
• The Wright Brothers Project
• Riches are not true rewards
• What a Beginning!
• Foreign intrigue
• About to Quit
• Making my invisible disease, visible. Fostering acceptance among young students.
• Substitute Teaching
• A Little Piece of Me
• Christmas Angel
• A "New" Book for Christmas
• From the pages of book into my life.
• The Universal Language
• It's because you're a good teacher.
• The Best School District in California
• The power of faith in a student
• Why I teach
• Christmas Pecans
• Teaching at the Crossroads
• The Card
• A secret Santa Claus
• Unsure
• "John", "Adam", and God
• An Empty Desk and a Broken Heart
• "Special" Students
• Please Don't Leave
• From the eyes of a 10 year old...
• Good Teacher :)
• - Teaching Beyond 3 PM, An Inspiration
• - Mrs. Newcome, I can read, I can read!
• - A Special Tribute
• Read here about Paul Cameron's Vietnam War Experience
• Here is Theresa's story about her song that had an impact with an ESL Kindergarten student
• This is a brief story about one teacher's initial motivation to become a teacher
• This was Kathleen Patrizio's breakthrough with one special student
• Here is Pamela Elliott's incredible story about the extreme impact a teacher can have on an individual's life
• This is Jackie Carter Breeden's story about The Checker King (and a great teaching strategy as well)