“Teach 25 years, not one year 25 times” (teaching adage)

“Teach 25 years, not one year 25 times” is a teaching adage of unknown authorship. A teacher should learn something new each year, and this should be reflected in the lesson plan.
 
“Twenty-five years of teaching mean twenty-five different years, not one year twenty-five times” was cited in Introduction to Education (1955) by Harold R. Bottrell.
 
   
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Introduction to Education:
Understanding Teaching Through Developmental Laboratory Experiences
By Harold R. Bottrell
Harrisburg, PA: Stackpole Co.
1955
Pg. 133:
Twenty-five years of teaching mean twenty-five different years, not one year twenty-five times, Each and every year is full of many experiences — and this is what a teacher learns, and how he grows.
     
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Advent Review and Sabbath Herald
Volume 152, Part 1
1975
Pg. 2:
Someone once commented that a certain mediocre schoolteacher had taught school 20 years. To which someone else objected, “No, he hasn’t taught 20 years; he’s taught one year 20 times.”
   
21 July 1976, Amarillo (TX) Daily Times, “Teachers Learn Uses For Papers in Class” by Nan Burk, pg. 2, col. 1:
“I know some teachers who have been teaching for 20 years,” she (Hope Shackelford—ed.) said. “But actually they’ve taught one year 20 times.”
 
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Children Held Hostage, Or, Teachers’ Organizations Demands—Are They Justifiable?
BY Phillip Carl Snyder and Earl E. Hogan
Zanesville, OH: Custom House Press
1981
Pg. 141:
In reality, many teachers who have taught 15 years have really taught one year 15 times. They teach the same thing over and over.
   
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An Introduction to Teaching:
A Handbook for Primary and Secondary School Teachers, Second Edition
Edited by Gill Nicholls
London: RoutledgeFalmer
2004
Pg. 17:
Developing an arsenal of teaching strategies, methods and styles is essential if you are to become an effective teacher. In short, the motto is: ‘Teach for 20 years; do not teach one year 20 times.’
 
Twitter
Joe Clark
‏@DrJoeClark
Great teachers teach 35 years, not one year 35 times. #tlap #edchat
8:49 PM - 6 Jun 2014
 
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101 Answers for New Teachers and Their Mentors:
Effective Teaching Tips for Daily Classroom Use,Third Edition
By Annette Breaux
New York, NY: Routledge
2015
Pg. 133:
I’ve often heard it said that some teachers teach 30 years, and others teach one year 30 times!
 
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Jennifer Marten, PhD
‏@jenmarten
@romenendez14 It’s the old adage - teach 30 years not one year 30 times. Passion keeps us growing/learning. #txeduchat
9:01 PM - 28 Jun 2015