For the 2nd time since the first didn't save...so here we are in the morning of our 5th class. I am disappointed because for one of the first times on my doctoral hunt and career I am hearing many sound philosophical words of wisdom that are congruent from Dr. M. Understanding how education should be and what is is are often contradictory ideas. I appreciate policy and pedagogy but at the end of the day, real change and for the betterment of our students is what is the essence of our work. I love to teach am at a constant strife of why we don't have better teacher sin education. We have a luxury in our career choice to get to share something that we intrinsically find fascinating. Yes there are parameters that govern how we have to show success, whether they be standardized test, Regents exams, Board of Education initiatives, state mandate, and others...but at the essence of what we do is teaching young minds knowledge we have and they aspire for. Yeah right, some do not... but if we can make it relevant in their lives and offer some autonomy in their selection of learning, they WILL learn and WANT to learn!
Yesterday we spoke about policy changes to increase boredom and methods of the revised APPR plan that will hopefully ensure more successful educators. Most importantly it is my responsibility as a building leader to guide and be effective in guiding what is right and wrong for kids! Don't forget it and understand that often it is thankless but essential!
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