My Rules of Teaching...
These are my guiding principals as an educator. Whenever I feel that I might be losing my way, I look to these statements for guidance.
- You’re teaching the students to be people. It’s not about the subject.
- The only reason that a student should fail is because of a basic inability to show proficiency in a skill/set of skills/content standard.
- If _____________, then _____________, because ______________; and this is how: _______________.
- Patterns are the only knowledge that the human brain recognizes as useful. Teach the patterns.
- Love.
- Patience.
- Attention to detail; attention to the individual.