The role of the teacher is to create the conditions for invention rather than to provide ready-made knowledge. Seymour Papert
Category: Teaching
Now That’s How To Start A School Year… One Day More
Thanks to Jim Broderick King, Ignatian Identity Coordinator at Regis Jesuit High School for putting me on to this after he saw it on his Facebook page! This needs very little introduction. In the fall of 2015, the Des Moines School District thought their district-wide Back-to-School Meetings had grown a little stale and, rather than…
Teach & Serve II, No. 5 – Explore. Seek Out. Go Boldly.
Teach & Serve II, No. 5 – Explore. Seek Out. Go Boldly. September 7, 2016 Isn’t that what we want our students to become? Explorers? Don’t we want them to be seekers? And are we really doing our best by them if we aren’t inspiring them to go boldly? Teachers, listen up. Here is a quick…
EduQuote of the Week: September 5 – 11, 2016
Lord, show me the way and I’ll do the work. Deanna Jump
Teach & Serve II, No. 4 – Fight the System
Teach & Serve II, No. 4 – Fight the System August 31, 2016 Because we often venerate those who came before us in our institutions, we tend to venerate the systems they created right along with them. We sometimes talk about “human systems” – the architecture of people who live and work and journey together. These human…
EduQuote of the Week: August 29 – September 6, 2016
The supreme art of the teacher is to awaken joy in creative expression and knowledge. Albert Einstein
Teach & Serve II, No. 3 – One Thing at a Time, Not Everything All at Once
Teach & Serve II, No. 3 – One Thing at a Time, Not Everything All at Once August 24, 2016 Don’t ignore. Don’t demolish. Work the problem. Work it piece-by-piece. No matter what subject we teach, we think it parts, not wholes. Take US History for example: when history teachers begin the year, they know where they have…
EduQuote of the Week: August 22 – 28, 2016
The best thing about being a teacher is that it matters. The hardest thing about being a teacher is that it matters every day. Todd Whittaker
Teach & Serve II, No. 2 – Playlist 2016-2017
Teach & Serve II, No. 2 – Playlist 2016-2017 August 17, 2016 As I don’t work in school settings anymore, I have adapted some of these rituals. I still rearrange my offices – if only the memorabilia on the walls and shelves. I still move the furniture. And I still put together the playlist. I worked in…
EduQuote of the Week: August 15 – 21, 2016
Education breeds confidence. Confidence breeds hope. Hope breeds peace. Confucius