National Teacher Day
If children are the future, teachers are the ones making sure that future is a good one. Give thanks to and see how you can help these under-paid workers.
Drive gift purchases, appreciation products, and classroom supplies during Teacher Appreciation Week by positioning brands as enablers of gratitude and teacher support.
- Share student/parent thank-you videos featuring your products (gifts, cards, flowers, classroom supplies)
- Partner with schools for in-school appreciation events or donation drives
- Create DIY appreciation guides (scrapbook templates, video editing tips) featuring your brand's tools or products
- Highlight teacher wellness and self-care products as 'appreciation gifts that give back'
Teacher Appreciation has a long history in the United States. Political and educational leaders began discussions for a day to honor teachers in 1944. In 1953, Eleanor Roosevelt persuaded the 81st Congress to proclaim Teachers’ Day.
Congress declared March 7, 1980, as Teacher Day. The National Education Association continued to observe Teacher Day on the first Tuesday in March until 1985 when the National PTA established Teacher Appreciation Week as the first full week of May.
The NEA Representative Assembly then voted to make the Tuesday of that week Teacher Day.
Shoot a Thank You Video
If you’re looking for a great way to appreciate your favorite teacher, then take part in the NEA “thank you” video contest. You create a simple video of you saying thank you to your teacher, explain why they have inspired you, and post it either on your social media or through the NEA main website and use the hashtag #teacherappreciationday to let everyone know what day it is today.
Check in with a Favorite Teacher
If you want, get in contact with your favorite teacher through social media and have a chat with them, see how they’re doing, and do them the kindness of thanking them personally. Even years later, you can get in contact with old instructors and thank them for the positive impact that they had on your later life.
Build a Scrapbook
Another way to show a teacher that you appreciate them is to create a scrapbook. Here you can write an essay on the things that you enjoyed most about the time that you spent with a teacher and how they helped you. You can talk about the qualities that you appreciate in them and what they helped you to learn. And you can put special care and attention into creating a scrapbook that looks beautiful and will last for a long time. For instance, you could laminate all of the pages to make it more robust and attractive.
Audio Recordings
Some people are also showing their appreciation by “phoning in.” They’re using dial-up services (of which there are many) and creating a collection of audio recordings from various people who shared the teacher. They’re then using the service to forward the message to the teacher, love bombing them in the process. If you decide to use one of these services, get a bunch of people together, and tell them to record a positive message for the teacher. Then be sure to vet them first before sending them on. So, in summary, National Teacher Day is an essential event for keeping the spirits of teachers high. It is not the most straightforward job in the world to control a class of unruly children. Those that work in schools often find that they have to spend many hours each day just preparing for lessons and marking. Many find themselves switching careers. Showing appreciation, however, reminds us all that it is a tough job and helps kids in school right now. The more energized their teachers feel because of your happy words, the better will be your children’s education.