The Heart of Education: Being Called to Teach
The teaching profession is filled with innumerable challenges. Teachers must navigate issues that arise with students and their families, as well as the policies at their workplaces and institutions.
A call or passion for teaching transcends these obstacles and helps teachers understand the value of their profession. A calling to teach helps teachers look at students as more than consumers of knowledge and to recognize their potential and uniqueness. It helps provide a respectful and supportive environment for learning, leading to lifelong learning habits.
Teachers with a call to teach often stay in the profession for long periods and view teaching as their life’s work and mission — not just a job. To support teachers in developing such a calling, we need better ways of looking at teaching as a profession and respecting the dedication, commitment, and passion of teachers who respond to their calling to shape the future, one student at a time.
An article in the March/April 2025 issue of Childhood Education Innovations delves into the question of how we can better support teachers and encourage their commitment to the call to teach.
To read the article, click the bottom right corner of the flipbook window to view in full screen. There is also a PDF version available for download below the flipbook window.