If we learn to start with WHY, and share the reasons that we're passionate for our work, we give people an opportunity to connect with us on a deeper, more human level. People don't buy what we do, they buy WHY we do it.
“It worries me that so many teachers still think ‘differentiation’ means they need to plan radically different activities for pupils within the same class. This not only causes unnecessary workload but it can actually hold pupils back.”
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Teaching is a complex business and with the realities that all teachers face in classrooms up and down the land, sometimes a good lesson plan is not enough.
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Let’s stop telling students we are preparing them for the real world.
This is their real world.
Each day. Every minute.
Many of our students have experienced more ‘life’ in their few years than the adults they engage with on a daily basis.
Students. Everyday. Everywhere. If you had a bad day or even if you didn’t, know just this. Content learning is important. But it should never come before the message we care about you, you matter and we want the very best for you.
I absolutely respect #teachers who’ve been in the game for 20-25 years (or more). They’ve seen first-hand the highs & lows of teaching.
I also respect those who are new to the game; they have much to offer.
Whether it’s your 30th year or your 1st year, you make a difference.
How you treat your most difficult student communicates something powerful to every other student in your class. If you treat that one student with your full patience, dignity, and respect, the others will know they can trust you too. #edchat
My 13 year old daughter has talked for several years about how much she loved her 5th grade teacher. I just asked her what she liked about her.
Her response: “She liked US.”
So simple... yet so profound. Kids gravitate to the teachers that like them. They can tell.
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