Table of Contents

The Great Teacher | in | You

Ali Anthony Bell

Teaching Can Lead to Success

Experience is the Best Teacher

Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose

Care is at the Core

Hugs and Helpfulness Makes You Happier and Healthier

Education is Endless

Role Models

Using AI Responsibly and Creatively

The Great Teacher

in

You

Ali Anthony Bell

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This is a self-help book based on the author’s experience and expertise in the field. The views expressed in this work are those of the author.

The Chapter entitled Teaching Can Lead to Success is based on a webinar given by the author for the AIESEC in Kenitra, Morocco on June 6th, 2021 at their request, for future teachers at the ESEF (Graduate School of Education and Training), Ibn Tofail University.

The chapter entitled "Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose" was previously published as an article on LinkedIn on February 2, 2017 entitled Mastery, Autonomy, and Purpose following a workshop given by the author of the same name on January 31st, 2017 at the MATE (Moroccan Association of Teachers of English) 37th Annual Conference in Agadir, Morocco. The last chapter, Using AI Responsibly and Creatively, was previously published as an article on LinkedIn on June 25th, 2024, following a speech by the author at a Panel discussion at Dar America, Casablanca on Education in the Era of Smart Technology.

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Teaching Can Lead to Success

​Experience Makes the Best Teacher

​Autonomy, Mastery, and Purpose

​Care is at the Core

Hugs and Helpfulness Makes You Happier and Healthier

Education is Endless

Role Models

Using AI Responsibly and Creatively

Teaching Can Lead to Success

Ana Ustad, I’m a Teacher

Let me start by telling you a story. I’ve been teaching here in Morocco for over a decade. A while after I started teaching in Casablanca, I noticed that people I didn’t even know would often address me as Ustad (Arabic for teacher), and this puzzled me, so I asked my Moroccan wife How does everyone know that I’m a teacher? Is it that obvious? I mean, is it written across my forehead or something? She laughed and told me that when people call me Ustad it doesn’t mean that they know I’m a teacher, it’s used also as a way to show respect to people you address.

This idea introduces my first point. Teachers, everywhere in the world, are respected. As teachers, we have an essential role in society that everyone understands. This respectful admiration comes from the fact that there wouldn’t be doctors, or politicians, or world leaders, or scientific researchers, or any other occupation whatsoever in the world without teachers.

Al Hamdulillah Ana ‘radi, Praise be to God, I’m Fulfilled     الحمد لله ، أنا راضي

Meanwhile, this admiration and respect for teachers is rarely recognized by the pay that we receive for our services. If your goal is to earn a lot of money, you’re better off taking a different career path. While you can earn more in private schools than in the public sector, there’s no guarantee that you can earn a good salary. You all probably know the wages in Morocco, but even in the USA, about 1/3 of all new full-time teachers and almost 20% of all teachers are obliged to have a second job just to make ends meet. I compared the wages I make as an English teacher in Morocco to the hourly wage that I would be making doing the same work in the USA and this is what I found: I would be paid about $12.50 an hour in the USA, which works out to a little over 100 dirhams an hour, so, it’s