Promote Yourself and Your Profession

Proudly display your qualifications to teach (certificate, diploma, awards, honors, and commendations).



Tell your students about yourself and make them aware of your life "outside school."



Surround yourself with personal items that reflect you as an individual – family photos, desk ornaments, plants, books.



Bring your family and friends to after-school and community activities.



Dress professionally.



Do business in the community in which you teach and patronize businesses owned or run by your students’ families.



Write thank-you notes to students, parents, and colleagues. Use notepaper or stationery that identifies you as a teacher.



Ask the school to use the bulletin board or display case in the front of the building to spotlight individual staff members throughout the year.



Print business cards to use in contacting businesses, new colleagues, and parents.