A Conversation With Dean Shareski
We need to be social beings along with being learners. Teachers have so much coming at them already. We can't just throw more at them. We really do need to build relationships with them. Allow your personality to come through.
We tend to think that our students already know all about technology tools, but they typically don't know how to use them as learning tools. The teachers often don't either. That's where we can help.If the best thing about the Internet to you is looking up stuff, you're missing the point. The point is connecting with people. Everything published on the Internet was created by someone. Connect with them. Talk directly with them. Share content online.
The teachers that are more easy to connect with are the ones that consider themselves learners first. We need to be learners first too. Many teachers feel that school works fine, why change it? Because they succeeded in school. They were the winners in school. That's how they got where they are. But, some of the best teachers are those who teach when they weren't the winners in school. If they struggled in school, so they know how to adjust the way school is set up to better meet student needs. We need to realize that sometimes we do need to change the way we are doing things. Some things are working fine, but some things need change.
To help hook teachers, find out what teachers absolutely love to teach, and help them learn to teach it even better.Find ways to honor and celebrate the good work teachers, students, schools, and we are doing. Elevate the awareness in the district of the great things going on.
- School Websites
- How else can we share these successes?
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