IN CASE NO ONE TOLD YOU TODAY,
YOU ARE A GREAT TEACHER.
Posts by Christopher Harris
And it's those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.
IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON SCHOOL CULTURE, WE MIGHT AS WELL NOT WASTE OUR TIME FOCUSING ON ANYTHING ELSE.
Teachers have three loves:
love of learning,
love of learners,
and the love of bringing the first two loves together.
To inspire starts with the clarity of WHY.
Great teachers empathize with Kids, respect them, and believe that each one has something special that can be built upon
Students don't care how much you know until they know how much you care.
You get to take credit when you also take accountability.
A Leader Looks For Opportunities To Find Someone Doing Something Right.
THE BEST WAY TO MAKE SURE THE STUDENTS DO NOT ACT LIKE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER IS TO MAKE SURE THE ADULTS DO NOT ACT LIKE THE SCHOOL YEAR IS OVER.
Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not exist and the ability to communicate it.
We are not victims of our situation.
We are the architects of it.
If you look behind every exceptional person there is an exceptional teacher.
The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters everyday.
Our job is to teach the students we have. Not the ones we would like to have.
Not the ones we used to have.
Those we have right now.
All of them.
GOOD TEACHING IS MORE A GIVING OF RIGHT QUESTIONS THAN A GIVING OF RIGHT ANSWERS.
WHAT GOOD IS AN IDEA IF IT REMAINS AN IDEA?
TRY. EXPERIMENT. ITERATE. FAIL. TRY AGAIN.
CHANGE THE WORLD.
The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters everyday.
WITHOUT TEACHERS, LIFE WOULD HAVE NO CLASS.
And it's those who start with why, that have the ability to inspire those around them or find others who inspire them.
If real learning is to take place. our classrooms must be dependent on the collaboration of its learners, not solely on the knowledge of its teachers.
DREAM BIG. START SMALL. BUT MOST OF ALL, START.
TO THE WORLD YOU MAY BE JUST A TEACHER
BUT TO YOUR STUDENTS YOU ARE A HERO.
IF WE DON'T FOCUS ON SCHOOL CULTURE, WE MIGHT AS WELL NOT WASTE OUR TIME FOCUSING ON ANYTHING ELSE.
A Leader Looks For Opportunities To Find Someone Doing Something Right.
Leadership requires two things: a vision of the world that does not exist and the ability to communicate it.
Teachers have three loves: love of learning, love of learners, and the love of bringing the first two loves together.
If we teach today's students as we taught yesterday's, we rob them of tomorrow.
If real learning is to take place. our classrooms must be dependent on the collaboration of its learners, not solely on the knowledge of its teachers.
You get to take credit when you also take accountability.