Teachers with a capital letter

The 2023 school year has officially begun, and it is anticipated to be demanding, full of both positive and negative surprises in both public and private classrooms: there will be students who passed a grade but did not learn enough in some subjects and will need individualized leveling, but there will also be students who manage with greater autonomy in the search for pertinent information for their growth in learning. A return to physical classrooms after two or three years of remote modalities, through printed or digital guides, with a significant dosage and selection of contents, as well as new expectations on the part of students and parents, present an unusual challenge for teachers of all levels and specialties.

During the years of distance education, the internet emerged as a crucial ally, but it is impossible to ignore its noise, dangers, and access limitations. Not every student could connect, and not every student always paid as much attention and understood as they should have.

Once more, the particular space of the conventional physical classroom sounds novel and like a need for interaction that has been established. The university departments of Pedagogy and Psychology can be helpful allies in this endeavor because it broadens the field to new experiences and instructional methodologies.

Recognitions like the selection of Teachers 100 Points, presented by Entrepreneurs for Education, highlighted between 2020 and 2022 the innovative teaching proposals, creative contributions, and generation of practical solutions to improve concept understanding, the practical application of knowledge, and, most importantly, the promotion of children's or youths' curiosities. All of these teaching profiles have the same traits in common, including passion, selflessness, and the desire to advance an apostolate into the future whose objective is the development of better citizens.

Unfortunately, the patronage and authoritarianism that are common in organizations like the Guatemalan Education Workers Union do not encourage leadership but rather denounce it and blindly follow the orders of venal leaders. They do not reward commitment but rather submission. It is important to note that not all teachers are like that; in fact, the vast majority of them are capable of writing their profession in capital letters when it helps to alter these tendencies.

A new magisterial ethic, however, as well as unity and strength, are required. In order to achieve this, deputies make very little contribution. Governors or mayors sell spots in the country's educational system not on the basis of merit but rather as payment for political support, particularly during election season.

Through this odious practice, university-educated graduate teachers are removed from the classroom and spots are made available for neophytes with little mystique. Each teacher is under pressure to do more than simply repeat prefabricated instructions; instead, he must be an expert at connecting the .s between the facts in each subject and giving them meaning in light of the mission's openness and Guatemala's pressing needs.

In addition to serving as the class's de facto leader, he also serves as a source of inspiration for strong moral principles. He is not a protractor of a poor model, but rather a shaper of potential futures. but as a form of compensation for political support, particularly during election years.

Through this odious practice, university-educated graduate teachers are removed from the classroom and spots are made available for neophytes with little mystique. Each teacher is under pressure to do more than simply repeat prefabricated instructions; instead, he must be an expert at connecting the .s between the facts in each subject and giving them meaning in light of the mission's openness and Guatemala's pressing needs.

He is not only the authority figure within the class, but an inspirer of vivid values; he is not a protractor of a disadvantageous model, but a transformer of futures. but as a form of compensation for political support, particularly during election years.

Through this odious practice, university-educated graduate teachers are removed from the classroom and spots are made available for neophytes with little mystique. The mission is open and the great needs of Guatemala reinforce the demand that weighs on each Teacher: he is not only a repeater of prefabricated instructions, but a specialist in giving meaning and interconnection to the data of each subject.

In addition to serving as the class's de facto leader, he also serves as a source of inspiration for strong moral principles. He is not a protractor of a poor model, but rather a shaper of potential futures. Each teacher is under pressure to do more than simply repeat prefabricated instructions; instead, he must be an expert at connecting the .s between the facts in each subject and giving them meaning in light of the mission's openness and Guatemala's pressing needs.

In addition to serving as the class's de facto leader, he also serves as a source of inspiration for strong moral principles. He is not a protractor of a poor model, but rather a shaper of potential futures. The mission is open and the great needs of Guatemala reinforce the demand that weighs on each Teacher: he is not only a repeater of prefabricated instructions, but a specialist in giving meaning and interconnection to the data of each subject.

He is not only the authority figure within the class, but an inspirer of vivid values; he is not a protractor of a disadvantageous model, but a transformer of futures.

The mission is open and the great needs of Guatemala reinforce the demand that weighs on each Teacher: he is not only a repeater of prefabricated instructions, but a specialist in giving meaning and interconnection to the data of each subject.