We are positive, not because life is easy. We are positive because life can be hard. It's not about fake positivity. It's about staying positive with faith and optimism, trusting God, overcoming obstacles and finding a way forward one step at a time.
Kids will remember very few rules and procedures from their first days of school, but they surely will remember whether or not they feel safe, comfortable, and welcomed by their teacher.
Focus on relationships before rules.
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Don’t let negativity win today. Remember it starts with you. If you are complaining you’re not leading. If you are leading you’re not complaining. One person can’t make a team but one person can break a team. Stay positive! No energy vampires allowed.
A teacher’s super power: to be fully present with their students.
Always listening, learning alongside of their students, laughing all year long with them...
The best leaders make you feel successful. You find yourself working smarter and pushing yourself, and thinking in ways you never have before. Not because they told you to. But because they inspired you to.
The best teachers do these 2 things for students:
Let them choose their own way to the greatest extent possible,
and then, if it fails, help them to learn from what follows.
Culture is not static, it’s dynamic. Every day you are creating your culture by what you think, what you say and what you do. What are you doing today to create the culture you want for tomorrow?
3 Truths About Leadership:
1. Leadership isn’t about gaining power. It’s about empowering others.
2. Great leaders succeed because they bring out the greatness in others.
3. You don’t have to be great to serve but you have to serve to be a great leader.
Great teachers:
Wake up with purpose & love what you do.
Empower your students to learn in unimaginable ways.
Help your students believe the best about themselves.
Go well beyond what is expected (time & resources).
The best teachers are those who relish in challenges, thrive on failure and the process of learning, and are committed to growing through discovery and fun.
One of the first steps in connecting with a challenging student… is to LIKE them, rather than “put up” with them. It’s amazing how the attitude of the adult can affect the attitude of the kid.