'Our teachers do an amazing job so please show your appreciation for them'

It’s in these challenging times that we truly recognise and appreciate how our city’s educators play such a crucial role in our children’s lives, making a difference in their well-being and long-term success.
By Abtisam Mohamed
Published 21st May 2020, 08:45 BST
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I think every parent out there will have a newfound appreciation for teachers, particularly among parents, who are suddenly tasked with home-schooling, grappling with new terms and math equations that may seem impossible to solve, while some have been trying to work from home at the same time.

I think many will agree that homeschooling has not been an easy feat and while many may have taken teachers for granted, we are forced to confront the reality of the essential role they play in our children’s lives.

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In the emergence of this crisis when there was a lot of uncertainty over when and if schools were going to close and how it was going to be organised, school leaders, governors but most importantly teachers and front line staff were brilliant in how they responded.

As we clap for our NHS staff and key workers tonight, we should also remember our teachers says our guest editor Councillor Abtisam Mohamed - who is cabinet member for education and skills at Sheffield City Council. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images).As we clap for our NHS staff and key workers tonight, we should also remember our teachers says our guest editor Councillor Abtisam Mohamed - who is cabinet member for education and skills at Sheffield City Council. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images).
As we clap for our NHS staff and key workers tonight, we should also remember our teachers says our guest editor Councillor Abtisam Mohamed - who is cabinet member for education and skills at Sheffield City Council. (Photo by Christopher Furlong/Getty Images).

Teachers have embraced remote learning opportunities as well as providing emergency childcare to key workers.

When all this is over and everything returns to normal, the teachers will be there ready to work on transition and ensuring the gaps in learning are addressed.

Teachers are doing an amazing job. They more than deserve the newfound appreciation being shown to them. As we clap for our NHS staff and key workers tonight, please remember our teachers.

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- Abtisam Mohamed is cabinet member for education and skills at Sheffield City Council.

- On Thursdays, The Star is publishing a special education edition of the newspaper including 16 pages of teaching resources created by Sheffield teachers, schools and organisations which support young people. There are lots of ways to get involved and we want to include the voices of as many young people as possible.

Why not send us a photo of yourself learning at home or send a message to your friends and teachers? Email a letter on any topic of your choice to [email protected] and we will include it in next Thursday’s paper.

We are also looking for a young guest editor.

Tell us why you are right for the job, email [email protected].

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