I recently finished reading Brene Brown's book Dare to Lead. A book on how we as humans need to be both vulnerable and courageous in order, learn, love and grow. Although the book was written for adults, the message that she shares that is based on her many years of recent is just as relevant in the workplace as it is in the classroom and in the home. Along with her books, Brene also has a great website where she shares inspirational list and manifestos. The following link will take you to her Whole Hearted Parenting Manifesto.
Argument for the reform of teachers and their role in the schools and their training. A typical Finnish teacher teaches just under 600 hours a year, whereas the average American teacher teaches students over 1,600 hours annually. According to a recent Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation-sponsored study of the teaching profession, U.S. teachers habitually work an average of about 10 hours and 40 minutes a day, with a great deal of time spent teaching and supervising students. Finnish teacher, “Our teachers who teach languages for which many essays have to be graded often have fewer lessons,” Marianna said. “And they can decide on their own where they get that work done. They may teach two lessons one day and then go home or to the gym around noon — and then correct papers or work online with students later in the evening.” With so many ideas and reforms and tests and strategies, it is my belief that teaching is getting more and more away from why many teachers went into teac...
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