What does that mean? Does my department head or someone at my school help me become a better teacher. For the first time since I started teaching, the answer is yes. Never have I had the experience of someone coming to me mid day and just listening to how my classes have been going. Not from an observation, but from my perspective. My department head just listened. He didn't interrupt, he didn't talk, and he didn't impose his ideas on me while I was trying to explain my idea of how my classes went.
What did he do? Pointed me in the direction of some resources and told me what was working well in his class. I took decided, the past two days in a row, to try a few of the things he said he was doing.
The result? They worked like a charm. My kids loved his idea. My class got better in the afternoon. Things went so well that I went back and used those same strategies to reinforce things for my morning classes. '
What made this a unique interaction besides it being fruitful? He asked me to put together some plans and materials so he could try some of what I was doing. BOOM! Two Way Street.
THAT is what instructional leadership looks like. That is how we move teachers from good to great. A little listening, a little respect, a lot of professionalism, and some good old fashioned conversation.
3rd good day in a row. I'm going to stop counting since it looks like this is becoming a pattern. Let yall know if the wheels fall off.
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What makes a good teacher?
Watching a master teacher
What did he do? Pointed me in the direction of some resources and told me what was working well in his class. I took decided, the past two days in a row, to try a few of the things he said he was doing.
The result? They worked like a charm. My kids loved his idea. My class got better in the afternoon. Things went so well that I went back and used those same strategies to reinforce things for my morning classes. '
What made this a unique interaction besides it being fruitful? He asked me to put together some plans and materials so he could try some of what I was doing. BOOM! Two Way Street.
THAT is what instructional leadership looks like. That is how we move teachers from good to great. A little listening, a little respect, a lot of professionalism, and some good old fashioned conversation.
3rd good day in a row. I'm going to stop counting since it looks like this is becoming a pattern. Let yall know if the wheels fall off.
Related:
What makes a good teacher?
Watching a master teacher
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