For most students, there is nothing more daunting than figuring out what they want to do once they graduate. But for more than 150 students from several Long Island schools, they have a pretty good idea, or at least something they are interested in: teaching.

Close your eyes and think back to a memorable early learning experience. Who was that special person who taught you something?

Cheriece White has taught hundreds of students to hone their craft and put the best version of themselves forward. In so doing, she has expanded the definition of visual arts.

Finding tomorrow’s teachers starts with today’s high school students. That’s the philosophy behind one program under NYSUT’s Take a Look at Teaching initiative.

It felt a little like a college recruitment day for athletes— complete with T-shirts and other SUNY Plattsburgh swag.

Bryan Yarrington joined the Navy so he could become a teacher.

Teaching was a second career for Dale Keida, and it turned out to be the right one.

All across the country, states are grappling with a severe shortage of teachers — including here in New York.

It’s simple arithmetic really: The more diverse the teaching profession is in New York State the better the education experience will be for all students here.

It's often not easy, but there’s one certainty about being a teacher: It is never not rewarding.