- Discovering each child's need
- Seeing the interest and excitement in a child
- The moment a childovercomes
a struggle
- Watching a child learn to read
- Learning right beside the student
- The energy of growing minds
- Working with a team of teachers that is excited about new things
- The unique opportunity to both give and receive knowledge
- Laughing
- The "ah ha" moments when a child's eyes light up
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- When students apply new skills
- Watching children figure something out with the tools given
- The daily, monthly, and yearly transformations in both children and staff
- To have my students become a greater force as I become less
- Watching children challenge themselves
- All of the rewards of teaching
- Making a difference in someone's future
- Spending time with the adolescents - it is great to see them grow into young adults
- Working with the older students as they begin to explore how they connect to the larger community
- Watching the success of our graduates and former students
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