Updated December 21, 2020 6:34 a.m. EST
EDITOR S NOTE: The following is Mary Ann Wolf s Final Word from the Dec. 19, 2020 broadcast of Education Matters: National Board Certification. Wolf is president and executive director of the Public School Forum of North Carolina.
Over the past many months, we have been sharing the complexity of the roles that our schools and in particular our teachers grapple with as they strive to support each of their students academically, socially and emotionally to reach their potential.
The complexity of teaching students with diverse needs, backgrounds and interests is part of what attracts individuals to teaching and also what makes each year, each class and each student a unique challenge for educators. As you talk with teachers across our state you also quickly realize that teachers are learners first.