This teacher generates feelings and ideas about how to help students, parents and other teachers.
Commitment means sticking with students and teaching in spite of obstacles.
This theme describes the teacher who finds satisfaction from each step of progress in a student's life. There is typically evidence of a history of investing in others and emotionally becoming a part of others' futures. The urban teachers who are most valued by their students have a sense of the differences present in each student and express regard for individuality. It is natural for them to personalize their teaching even when they see many students every day. These teachers show warmth and affection to their students and give priority to relationship development as an avenue to student growth.