Teacher's Day is a professional holiday for school teachers, but it is celebrated not only by those who sow the reasonable and eternal, but also by all students. For the latter, this is an opportunity to arrange a joyful day for their favorite teachers and another reason to shower them with numerous bouquets of flowers. How did the holiday of school workers appear, and why did it fall on October 5?

Teacher's Day is an international holiday

World Teachers' Day is marked on national calendars in more than 100 countries. The UN officially established a holiday for people of this important profession in 1994. The choice fell on October 5th not by chance; it is known that in 1965 a joint Conference of UNESCO and the International Labor Organization was held in Paris, at which on October 5th the advisory resolution “On the Status of Teachers” was adopted.

In the adopted document, the concept of “teacher” was clearly defined for the first time. This category includes teachers who teach and educate children in primary and secondary schools. The Recommendation also described the goals and policies in the field of education, the procedure for training teachers and the importance of their professionalism. The order prohibits preventing teachers from creating families and having children and recommends helping women in every possible way in these important matters - organizing kindergartens, giving the opportunity to transfer to other educational institutions and work together with their husbands in the same school.

Before the advent of International Teachers' Day, the school holiday was celebrated in many countries at the national level. In most countries, holidays for teachers were held in the first half of October, as they coincided with the date of adoption of the first international document regulating the working conditions of teachers.

World Teachers' Day is celebrated under the auspices of the International Federation of Teachers' Unions, which unites more than 400 organizations from 172 countries. Every year the holiday is held under a certain slogan. For example, in 2013 it sounded like this: “We need teachers!” With this call, the international community tried to attract young people to the desired profession. It’s no secret that teaching is not as popular now as it was in the last century. The shortage of teachers is an acute problem not only in Russia, but also in other countries. The global teacher shortage is more than 5 million. If the problem is left unattended, then there will be no one to teach children.

History of Teacher's Day in Russia

The professional holiday of teachers appeared in the USSR calendar in 1965 by Decree of the Presidium of the Supreme Council. The first Sunday in October was set as the day of celebration. As a result, teachers received their legal holiday, which annually fell on a day off. Perhaps this is a big plus for people in other professions, but teachers who are inextricably linked with schoolchildren still noted it at work.

On Saturday, the eve of Teacher's Day, Soviet schoolchildren hurried to class with armfuls of flowers. Classrooms were decorated with homemade wall newspapers and balloons. Amateur activists prepared congratulatory concerts with songs, poems and funny skits.

In 1994, the President of the Russian Federation adopted a Resolution moving Teacher's Day to a fixed date designated by the international community - October 5. Since then, educational workers know exactly when they will receive honors and congratulations.

Modern schoolchildren do not deviate from the good traditions of the Soviet past. Like their parents, they come on a holiday with bouquets and gifts. Gifts for Teacher's Day are usually made with your own hands. These can be memorable souvenirs, homemade medals and congratulatory posters.

Teacher's Day is a great occasion to thank those who have chosen an important and difficult profession. Many people only become adults who understand how important the contribution of teachers was to their destiny and career. Until this realization comes, it is better for young people to trust the advice of adults and respect their mentors.

Honoring education workers takes place not only within the school walls, but also at the state level. On Teacher's Day, workers in the educational sphere are awarded diplomas and valuable prizes. This date marks the summing up of the results of the “Teacher of the Year” competition and the presentation of well-deserved awards to the winners.

By the way, in some states that were formerly part of the Soviet Union, they continue to honor educators according to Soviet traditions. On the first Sunday in October, National Teachers' Day is still celebrated in Ukraine, Latvia, Kazakhstan, Belarus, Kyrgyzstan, and Azerbaijan.

We all know for sure that teaching is light, but we rarely think about the role of other people who meet on our path to knowledge. Someone devotes themselves every day to making us and our children a little smarter, more mature and more educated.

Teachers take a much greater part than we used to think in the daily education of society, in instilling in it the right values ​​and culture. As a result, a teacher very rarely remains just a teacher: he becomes a mentor, assistant and guide to the adult and serious world. That is why Teacher's Day is one of the most important professional holidays, imbued with special emotions and atmosphere.

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The teaching work of a teacher in Russia has always been revered and respected. Education did not immediately become accessible to everyone, and people who studied specifically in order to be able to teach others had a special status in the eyes of others. This is especially true in rural areas and provinces, where even very young teachers aroused respect mixed with admiration from others.

In Soviet times, teachers, in addition to education, were entrusted with the responsibility of raising a new, responsible generation of true patriots. The school was officially assigned a leading role in the lives of children and their comprehensive education.

Recognizing the importance and complexity of teaching work, on September 29, 1965, the government issued an order “On Holidays,” according to which on Teacher’s Day, the date of which was considered the first Sunday in October, all students were required to wear a holiday uniform - white shirts and aprons. So the holiday in Russia became official, and teachers of all union republics began to receive congratulations not only from students and colleagues, but also from the state. Since then, concerts and mass celebrations have been an integral part of the holiday traditions of this day.

However, it was not only in Russia that such great importance was attached to teachers. On October 5, 1966, at a Special Intergovernmental Conference held in Paris, the problem of the status of a teacher as a professional, his rights and privileges was discussed. The result of the negotiations was a document called “Recommendations on the Status of Teachers,” which soon acquired international significance. The proposals put forward were supported by the Soviet authorities.

In addition, this holiday already existed in Russia, and its date was close to the European one - the beginning of October. Therefore, our country, without unnecessary difficulties, joined the others and supported the initiative.

In 1994, Teacher's Day, by decision of UNESCO, became global. Russia, despite the collapse of the Soviet Union, did not exclude the holiday from the category of state ones; on the contrary: an official decree was issued fixing the date of the celebration - October 5, as in other European countries.

A year later, according to the decree of the President of the Russian Federation, it was introduced title of Honored Teacher of the Russian Federation, enjoying special honor. The “title” began to be given to teachers who had worked with children for more than 15 years, thereby making an undeniable contribution to Russian culture.

Holiday traditions of Teacher's Day

October 5, Since 1965, is a joyful and happy day in every Russian school. For 50 years, teachers and educators throughout the country have been receiving congratulations and holiday bouquets from students and relatives.

The traditions of the celebration originated in the Soviet Union, when children dressed in full dress uniform wrote congratulations to their teachers on the board and presented them with small gifts. This custom has not changed to this day. Today, every school organizes festive events. As a rule, students themselves decide how to congratulate teachers: someone records a video, someone organizes a concert, or even arranges KVN competitions between teams of teachers and students. And everyone is sure to decorate the school and classrooms for this holiday.

Teachers also receive official congratulations from the government. On Teacher's Day, ceremonial meetings and awards are held, and holiday festivities are held in every Russian city. Also, the summing up of the results of the national competition is usually timed to coincide with this date.

Holiday celebrations are held not only by residents of Russia, but also by more than 100 other countries around the world. In Azerbaijan, Armenia and Estonia it is also celebrated on October 5; Belarus, Kazakhstan and some other countries still consider the first Sunday of October a holiday, and in some countries (for example, Argentina, Turkey, etc.) the date of the holiday differs from what we are used to.

This is the path that Teacher’s Day, now known to everyone, took before becoming so beloved. We believe that every teacher in the world deserves to be told at least once a year how necessary and important his work is. After all, working with people is not easy, especially with children.

Think about how to congratulate your favorite teacher, because he deserves it.

The teaching profession is considered one of the most ancient and significant.

What, if not educating children, laying the foundations in their minds about everything and everyone, could be more important for the formation of a full-fledged society?

We will tell you 13 facts about Teacher's Day that not everyone knows.

Previously, Teacher's Day was celebrated in Russia on October 2, then on the first Sunday of October - today this holiday is celebrated on October 5.

This list of interesting facts is entirely dedicated to teachers and the wonderful autumn holiday Teacher’s Day:

1. 1. The first association that everyone has is the memory of the wonderful holiday Teacher's Day - This is the day of self-government, when the honor of managing the school and conducting lessons falls to the most distinguished students. This is why schoolchildren themselves love the holiday so much.
   2. The very first country to celebrate Teacher's Day was Brazil. Back in 1947, in one of the schools in the city of Sao Paulo, teachers were congratulated with flowers and gifts, although this holiday acquired official status only in 1963.
   3. The holiday has international status and is celebrated on October 5 in about a hundred countries around the world since 1994. The prerequisite for the creation of this holiday was the Paris Conference held in 1965 with the participation of UNESCO and the International Labor Organization, which approved an official resolution on teachers.
   4. In the Soviet Union, and then in Russia, the holiday was celebrated at different times: until 1994 - on the first Sunday in October, and since 1994, as throughout the world - on October 5.
   5. Most former Soviet republics such as Azerbaijan, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Moldova celebrate Teacher's Day in the old way on the first Sunday of October.
   6. In Russia, the All-Russian competition Teacher of the Year is timed to coincide with this holiday. which is traditionally held in the city where last year’s winner lives and teaches. Contestants are tested in several stages, the obligatory stages of which are writing a research paper, conducting open demonstration lessons and testing. The best of the best receives a figurine of the Great Crystal Pelican from the hands of the Minister of Education himself.
   7. There are only three officially recognized professional holidays in China, but the most widely revered is Teacher's Day, since this profession is highly respected in Eastern culture and is considered one of the most prestigious.
   8. Russians for the most part do not consider the teaching profession to be prestigious, and would not really like to see their children as future teachers. Teaching work is considered to be a stressful job, so teachers are provided with short working hours, long vacations and early retirement.
   9. The competition for admission to pedagogical universities in Russia is always not high, therefore, you can enter there with the most mediocre Unified State Exam scores. Because of this, unfortunately, for Russian schoolchildren such a university usually serves as a backup option if they were unable to enter the desired educational institution.
   10. According to opinion polls In Russia, parents of schoolchildren donate money for an average of 500 rubles per child.
   11. The profession of a teacher in our time is considered female, however, the first teachers in ancient Greece and ancient Rome were exclusively male. In ancient times, educating children from an early age included not only the teaching of knowledge, but also strict education, which only men could give.
   12. In 2015, the average teacher’s salary in our country was more than 35 thousand rubles, which is equal to the overall average salary in Russia. And this fact slightly increases the desire of graduates of pedagogical universities, especially young men, to work in their specialty at school.
   13. Working as a teacher is not recommended for people with unstable mental health, as well as those who have speech defects or heart and vascular diseases. The most common occupational diseases of experienced teachers are acute laryngitis and myopia.

Teacher's Day is the best reason to congratulate all your teachers and express gratitude for their work. After all, these people put their souls into their difficult work and remember each of their students.

Date in 2019: October 5th, Saturday.

One of the most respected, difficult and responsible professions in the world is a teacher. People who devote their time, knowledge and soul to pedagogy accept congratulations from grateful pupils, students, and their parents on their professional day. Join in the congratulations in October, when the whole world celebrates Teacher's Day.

The cheerful ringing of the first bell and the curiosity in the eyes of first-graders, the heartbreaking first love and tears from an undeservedly given bad grade, exciting school grades and anxiety before exams - any memories associated with school years evoke nostalgia and tenderness. And how can we not remember our teachers - strict and understanding, beloved and demanding.

Once a year there is a wonderful occasion not only to mentally return to the past, but to actually congratulate all teachers on their professional holiday, which is celebrated in October.

Who celebrates Teacher's Day?

Who are they, teachers, what do we know about them? Most are sure that almost everything. After all, these people guide us through life from infancy. A kind and affectionate teacher takes care of the kids in kindergarten, the first teacher meets first-graders at the entrance to the school. Having given us knowledge and instructions, beloved teachers with tears in their eyes send their students on the voyage of life with a matriculation certificate.

Wise teachers and professors share with us the intricacies of their chosen profession. And even as adults, we turn to teachers for help, who give us new and important information necessary for life and professional activities.

Glasses and a formal suit, an appraising look and an instructive note in the voice…. Learned? Yes, this is a portrait of an average teacher. He is firmly convinced that he knows exactly what others need. And as a result, from the teacher you can hear not only recommendations for completing school assignments, but also advice on how to live and wear a skirt, how to talk and wipe your nose.

There are so many stereotypes, myths, and unreal stories associated with the teaching profession. Teachers are all different, and relationships with parents and students cannot develop according to a proven pattern.

But the majority remember their teachers only with kind words and try not to leave them unattended during the holidays. Kids and adults prepare birthday greetings to the teacher in prose, make presents and draw up scripts for a professional celebration.

Unfortunately, the number of teachers in Russia has decreased by almost a third over the last decade, and the average age of teachers is inexorably approaching retirement. Retired teachers are in no hurry to leave the school, since, despite the prestige of the profession, there is an incredible shortage of personnel. Congratulations to our elderly teachers who have dedicated their entire lives to teaching children.

It is imperative to remember the younger generation, who chose the important and responsible work of a teacher as their profession.

Teacher's Day 2019 is a celebration when we congratulate all teachers and mentors, educators and coaches, and all people whose professional activities are related to education.

History of the Teachers' Day

For half a century, at the beginning of October, every school is transformed. In a noisy and cheerful atmosphere, preparations for a special day are taking place - students and schoolchildren, teachers and scientists are preparing to celebrate Teacher's Day.

The celebration has its own history, as it began to be celebrated in 1965. It was then that the first Decree was signed, in which a special holiday date was designated. For a long time, teachers were congratulated on the first Sunday in October.

In Russia, starting in 1994, the date of celebration has changed. The reason for changing the holiday date was a Decree signed by the President. This event is associated with Russia joining 100 countries that began to celebrate a new holiday - World Teachers' Day.

This event appeared just in 1994 after the signing of a document on recommendations that related to the status of teachers. The initiators were members of UNESCO, as well as representatives from the International Labor Organization. The choice of date was related to the day of the international conference in Paris on the status of teachers, which took place in 1966.

However, in some countries of the former Union, including Ukraine and Belarus, Kazakhstan and Kyrgyzstan, Azerbaijan and Latvia, the date of the holiday remained unchanged. Here Teacher's Day 2016, what date is celebrated, depends on the date on the calendar. Teachers are congratulated, as before, on the first Sunday in October.

In Russia, since 1995, teachers who have devoted more than 15 years to their profession and at the same time made a significant contribution to the training and education of the younger generation have been awarded the title of Honored Teacher.

Only the best teachers are awarded this honorary title on their professional holiday.

Today, the UN calls on the world community and everyone individually on such a holiday to think about how life has changed thanks to good teachers.

And so little is needed: words of gratitude, sincere congratulations, nice gifts - and a smile of gratitude will shine on the teacher’s face.

Schoolchildren especially love this holiday. Indeed, on the eve of official ceremonial events, schools hold a self-government day, when teachers can have a well-deserved rest, and active, capable high school students can try themselves in the role of a teacher.

Amateur concerts are held in educational institutions, official festive events are organized at the government and public levels, where the contribution of teachers to the development of education is celebrated. Prizes, awards, and cash awards are awarded. The winners of the “Teacher of the Year” competition are awarded.

Profession teacher

The first schools belong to the era of the 4th–5th millennium BC. Such data are confirmed by archaeological excavations in the territories of the Ancient East, which were carried out in China and India, Babylon and Assyria.

The word teacher in Ancient Greece was not associated with a teacher, but with ordinary slaves who could not be involved in hard physical labor, so they were assigned to the child of a nobleman and were obliged to accompany the child to school.

Literally from ancient Greek pedagogy is translated as “child breeding” or “child education”. And the teachers who in ancient Greece were involved in teaching children arithmetic were called calculators. From Latin this word is translated as accountant or counter, and is associated with the word calcuius, that is, pebble. After all, it was pebbles that were used for counting in those days.

Ancient Rus' can boast of the emergence of professional pedagogy during the adoption of Christianity. By order of Prince Vladimir, which was issued in 988, the best people must send their offspring for book education. For this purpose, a specialized school was built in Novgorod.

But starting in 1750, preference began to be given to the French or French-speaking Swiss. Quite often, such pseudo-teachers did not have any education; they became tutors only for their good knowledge of foreign languages. There were special requirements for such teachers. The tutor must be middle-aged and definitely married. And if they hired a young governess, she had to be distinguished by her beauty, which guaranteed a serious attitude towards her duties and, of course, prevented love affairs in the house where the governess worked.

Since 1834, a special provision has appeared, which stipulates the requirements for home tutors. Based on this decree, the path for foreigners to Russian families became closed. Governesses certainly had to be Russian subjects and Christians.

As for schooling, literally until the beginning of the 20th century it was conducted separately. Compulsory education began in 1919. The Soviet government, trying to eliminate illiteracy and inequality, issues a decree according to which girls and boys, regardless of status, must attend school.

Today, teachers are also faced with special requirements. Not only should education of children be carried out by people for whom this profession has become a true calling.

People with certain health problems cannot engage in teaching. It is not recommended to devote your life to the teaching profession if you have:

• neuropsychiatric disorders;
• cardiovascular diseases;
• chronic infectious diseases;
• problems with the musculoskeletal system;
• deviations in the speech-voice apparatus;
• problems with hearing and vision.

The work of a teacher is considered hard, but at the same time the most interesting in the world. If you look at the statistics today, the only encouraging thing is the level of public trust in teachers. The rating in this regard is 3.72 points out of a possible 5. Only scientists, whose score was 3.86, deserved more trust.

But according to other criteria, this specialty has greatly lost its position recently. The prestige of the profession is rated no higher than 2.9 points, and the desire of parents to see their offspring as teachers, that is, prospects, is rated at 2.57. The yield is estimated at 2.77. And, despite the recent increase in wages, young people are in no hurry to enroll in pedagogical universities. Specialists in particular demand today are teachers of languages, humanities, engineering, and computer science.

Professionals are also not attracted to the shortened workload, ranging from 18 to 36 hours, and even the wonderful vacation of 42–56 calendar days, which always falls in the summer months.

Therefore, people enter the profession for whom teaching is not just a temporary occupation, but the meaning of life. A real teacher must have a number of human qualities, without which it is impossible to work with children and adolescents. It’s hard to imagine a teacher who doesn’t know his subject thoroughly. He is kind and sympathetic, loyal and fair, sympathetic and strict, punctual and purposeful.

Modern teachers try to keep up with progress; they are simply obliged to constantly study new teaching methods, electronic and computer technologies used in the educational process.

People who have found themselves in the profession note the pleasant atmosphere of childhood and adolescence, the opportunity to share knowledge, participate in the development of personality, and help the child understand the intricacies of relationships and life. They find ways to develop personally and professionally, how not to become hardened and forget the delights of childhood.

Congratulations on Teacher's Day

Our dear teachers! Our knowledge and first steps in life, our professional choice and attitude towards events and people were formed thanks to your participation and experience. The fates of little people are in your caring hands. So let your thoughts always be pure, your actions noble, and your life not overshadowed by fatigue, troubles or illnesses.

On the happy October holiday,

Autumn rustles and colors the leaves.

The textbook is ready for the lesson,

I just don’t understand what’s wrong with the faces.

All the children are in a hurry and laughing.

Teacher's day and so much fuss.

And congratulations pour in,

And all the words are full of kindness.

When Teacher's Day comes,

A child is in a hurry with a bouquet of flowers.

And an honor for each of the parents.

Say a lot of thanks.

How to tell children about Teacher's Day and its history? Why is Teacher's Day celebrated on October 5? We will give you answers to these questions.

October 5 - Teacher's Day

History of the holiday Teacher's Day

On October 5, 1966, a Special Intergovernmental Conference on the Status of Teachers was held in Paris. As a result, representatives of UNESCO and the International Labor Organization signed the document “Recommendations concerning the status of teachers

Since 1994, Russia has celebrated Teacher's Day according to the world calendar - October 5. Previously, this professional holiday fell on the first Sunday in October.

On the first Sunday in October, Teachers' Day is still celebrated in countries that were formerly part of the USSR: Azerbaijan, Belarus, Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia, Ukraine.

Today, October 5, World Teachers' Day, is celebrated in more than 100 countries around the world. On this day, the merits of teachers and all educational workers in the process of quality education and their invaluable contribution to the development of society are celebrated.

In 2002, Canada Post issued a commemorative stamp in honor of World Teachers' Day.

Why is this holiday so loved and honored all over the world? Because every person living on earth has or had teachers. The teacher was a builder and the president of the country, a cook and a mathematician, a dressmaker and an astronaut. The work of a teacher is not only a responsible, but very rewarding job, it is also a real art. Every person, famous and not so famous, begins his journey into a big life with the first lesson, in which the first teacher tells him what awaits him in the future.

A real teacher- This is not only a person who teaches children science, he himself is an example to follow in every sense - moral and spiritual. Raising a worthy young generation is a mission, this is the goal of every teacher’s life. A real teacher is not just a person who gives knowledge, but a person who completely devotes himself to children. It is impossible to become a teacher; one must be born. Only as we grow up do we understand that some teachers remain in our memory and in our lives forever, while others are forgotten and erased from memory. Moreover, as a rule, those who are remembered are the most demanding, the strictest.

Only as we grow up do we understand how much work, effort, and knowledge our teachers put into us so that we could become worthy people in the future. In our time of computer technology, parents often try to shift the lion's share of education onto the shoulders of computers. But no computer can replace the personality of a teacher. As long as children exist, a person is needed - a teacher - a mentor who will explain and suggest how to get out of a difficult situation. The calling of a real teacher is not only to give a person an education, but also to preserve the main thing in him - humanity, to convey to his student the best ideas of humanity, so that the students he teaches become thinking, independent, creative, spiritually rich individuals. Everything that teachers do deserves the most sincere recognition and gratitude.

In your beautiful and kindest professional teacher's holiday accept congratulations from current and former students. This day is permeated with a good mood, a festive atmosphere, flowers and gifts are everywhere, which are given to teachers. There is a long-standing tradition in Russian schools - on Teacher's Day, to organize a day of self-government, when lessons are taught not by teachers, but by high school students.

If you already go to school, prepare on this day DIY gift for your teacher, let it be a small souvenir, but it will be given from the heart. One day I was visiting my old teacher many years after graduating from school. All the walls in her house are covered with photographs of students, and the bookshelves are simply bursting with people made from pine cones, acorns, rag dolls, homemade cards and other crafts made by students. She can tell about each one and remembers who gave it to her. She has been carefully storing them for decades.

Craft for Teacher's Day “Memories of Summer”

For the craft you will need: two empty walnut shells, an A4 sheet of green cardboard, yellow, white and red paper, glue, red and black nail polish, a felt-tip pen.

On the top of the green cardboard, write with a felt-tip pen: “Happy Teacher’s Day, dear (teacher’s name)!” Cut out flowers (daisies) from yellow, red and white paper and paste them onto cardboard. Flowers should occupy the entire field of the postcard. Trace something with a round cross-section on multi-colored paper, such as a plastic bottle cap, and glue the “center” onto the flowers. Now we make ladybugs. Cover the top of the walnut shells with red varnish and let dry. Use black varnish to paint the faces and dots on the back. Gently spread glue around the bottom of the shell around the perimeter and plant (glue) the insects on the flower petals. The postcard is ready!

Co. Teacher's Day You can prepare a wall newspaper in which you can use photographs of the teacher and classmates. Write funny captions for photos and be sure to come up with a good and kind congratulation. Postcards drawn by the students themselves will be a great surprise for the teacher. You can decorate the classroom with balloons and autumn leaves.