The teacher is like a candle that lights others while consuming itself. Happy Teachers' Day."
What is World Teachers’ Day?
World Teachers' Day, also known as International Teachers Day, is an international day held annually on 5th October. Established in 1994, it commemorates the signing of the 1966 UNESCO/ILO Recommendation concerning the Status of Teachers, which is a standard-setting instrument that addresses the status and situations of teachers around the world. (
Click to learn more about World Teacher’s Day en.wikipedia.org).
Every year on this day, we reflect on the accomplishments of teachers and the challenges they continue to face. Take this opportunity to express your gratitude to educators in your life and to consider how you can lead and inspire your own students on a daily basis.
When Is World Teachers’ Day?
World Teachers’ Day 2021 takes place on Tuesday, October 5. The holiday is held annually on October 5.
What is the theme of World Teachers’ Day in 2021?
The theme of World Teachers’ Day 2021 is: “Teachers at the heart of education recovery.”
This theme highlights all that teachers have done throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Education has evolved, but the sacrifices that teachers make to improve the lives of their students is not any less now than it was some years ago, there is an increase especially after them pandemic.
Teacher Appreciation Prayer
Dear Heavenly Father,
We thank you today for all of our teachers and educators who have dedicated their lives to educating our children, youth, and adults.
We thank you for the ways they have inspired us, motivated us, challenged us, and guided us into greater knowledge.
Along with instructing us in academic subjects, we thank you for how our teachers have equipped us with the tools we need to be able to grow and achieve.
In their classrooms, we have learned how to communicate well, how to cooperate and work with each other and how to use organized approaches to reach complex goals, achieve levels of excellence and follow our dreams.
We thank you, God, that our teachers help us learn to live productively within our communities and in our world.
We pray especially that you will bless our teachers with your help and grace.
Fill them daily with encouragement by showing them specific ways that their teaching efforts are making a difference in their students' lives and in the world.
Keep their classrooms safe from all threats of harm.
Give them the resources and teaching tools they need to do their jobs well.
Guard their time from the interference of unnecessary administrative duties and from highly demanding schedules.
Grant them manageable class sizes and pleasant atmospheres in which to work.
Give our teachers the wisdom, training, and staff support they need to deal with students with learning disabilities, learning differences, health problems, handicaps, behavior problems, and difficult home lives.
Give them the grace to discipline students fairly and effectively.
Keep our teachers aware of behavioral and emotional changes in their students.
Enable them to start conversations and direct their students toward helpful resources about personal problems such as difficult home lives, depression, abuse, low self-esteem, bullying, and drug use.
Grant supportive parents and communities to all of our teachers.
Keep the communication lines open between teachers and parents.
Help parents listen well and not push the teacher to make exceptions to the rules for their child.
May our teachers be blessed with parents and community members who volunteer often in the classroom making it easier for teachers to concentrate on teaching.
Provide times of rest and renewal for our teachers. Bless their health, their home lives, and their spirits.
Provide for their financial and emotional needs. Nurture their faith. Protect their health.
Prosper their work.
Help our teachers know today and every day how much we appreciate their dedication to educating and equipping us with the knowledge and skills we need to succeed in life.
We pray these things in the name and spirit of Jesus, the Good Teacher. Amen.
How are you going to celebrate teachers this World Teachers’ Day?
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“I have learned from other wise women the importance of celebrating teachers especially while they are alive and the importance of pausing in gratitude for a good job well done”.
~ Dr. Abimbola Ogundere.
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Written by Dr. Abimbola Ogundere
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