| If you have been asked to give a speech to say | | | | the speech. This is especially true if you are not |
| thanks and farewell to a retiring teacher, you | | | | used to speaking in front of a large audience. |
| certainly have a great deal of responsibility. When | | | | Therefore, pay attention to time. You may also |
| I was recently asked to give a retirement | | | | want to give a few practice runs through the |
| speech, I realized a few tips that helped me | | | | speech and monitor how long it takes to get |
| prepare. If you are faced with the same | | | | through it. If you are open to practicing in from of |
| opportunity, you may want to following these | | | | a few people and receive feedback, this will also |
| guidelines when giving your teacher appreciation | | | | help a great deal. |
| speech. | | | | Be sure to keep the audiences' attention. For |
| First, you will want to document all the important | | | | example, you may want to bring up a funny |
| things you want to say. Clearly, you may want to | | | | incident that occurred with this teacher and a |
| add some humor to keep peoples attention, but | | | | student. Perhaps this teacher dresses a certain |
| the whole point of this speech is to show your | | | | way or has a phrase that is commonly used. |
| appreciation to this teacher that has given so | | | | Some teachers will accept this type of humor |
| much to you and the schools students. Therefore, | | | | differently, but this will help the audience identify |
| you may want to write down things that made | | | | and remember something special about this |
| this person special. For example, was this | | | | teacher. Giving a teacher retirement speech can |
| instructor great at taking the extra effort to | | | | be a stressful task. When giving the speech, it is |
| make sure the students fully understood the | | | | helpful to think about how much this teacher has |
| material? Perhaps this teacher took an interest in | | | | given to the students. Hopefully these guidelines |
| keeping the parents updated. | | | | that I have come up with after having giving a |
| One of the common pitfalls when giving a teacher | | | | retirement speech will help you give the proper |
| speech is the feeling of wanting to rush through | | | | speech for the teacher that has helped so many. |