If You Want to Be a Better Teacher . . .

Posted at 1:45 PM on Thursday, May 08, 2008

The idea for this post comes from a question Angela Maiers asked and Mike Sansome posted on as well. The added to a piece written by Carl Glickman in the book Leadership for Learning.

In this piece, he asks and if then statement - If, as a teacher . . . . then I . . .

Here are a couple of my additions . . .

If, I as a teacher . . .

- stop learning new things myself
- forget what it is like to be a classroom student
- focus on teaching rather than learning

Then I've forgotten what is most important and my growth and effectiveness as a teacher is unnecessarily stopped.

Think about these thoughts as well as Mike and Angela's . Think about the times you are in a teaching/coaching/training/facilitating/parenting role and how these thoughts apply to you.

Then add your twist as a comment - I'd love to read your IF, THEN statements as well.

Also posted in Learning and Training.

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