The two must be tied together by scholarship. The good teacher is able to translate those voluminous truths he has gleaned by remaining current. Almost anyone can learn to teach, but to do it exceptionally well, one must also be a scholar. This is as true in a community college as it is in any other educational institution. We all must be scholars.
Good teachers make it a point to be current.
My fourth point gets to the core of why I enjoy teaching at a community college. To convey current knowledge to a well-prepared student is relatively easy, but to teach successfully the same concept to a student with perhaps limited background is a real joy. Such challenges make it possible to think of community colleges as the elite schools that would attract a master teacher and a scholar - places to strive for in your career development. I teach because I enjoy it. It's hard work, but there's sheer pleasure in teaching people things they didn't know or couldn't do before they came to my course.