Thank you for participating, Corey!
Freedom to Teach is respecting and trusting educators as professionals.
Teachers are hired based on what skills they have and are able contribute to the team. When teachers are confined to rigid curricular boundaries, those skills and creativity that are the gifts/talents of the educator are snuffed out. The students suffer and the teacher withers.
Teachers are hired based on what skills they have and are able contribute to the team. When teachers are confined to rigid curricular boundaries, those skills and creativity that are the gifts/talents of the educator are snuffed out. The students suffer and the teacher withers.
Thank you for sharing your thoughts, Gina. I agree!
Freedom to teach means to give my students the right opportunities to learn the lessons and meet the standards in the way that best suits them for success.
It also allows me to have some flexibility to teach them in the ways they learn.
It also allows me to have some flexibility to teach them in the ways they learn.
Great point! Thanks for participating, Angela!
Freedom to teach means that I am supported as I expand my knowledge of effective teaching strategies, that I am allowed to incorporate games and neuroscience and new technologies to keep students committed to reaching their goals.
I work with adult learners seeking their GED so we are all problem-solving wizards and I believe in creating an environment that supports and challenges their thinking.
I work with adult learners seeking their GED so we are all problem-solving wizards and I believe in creating an environment that supports and challenges their thinking.
Thank you for sharing, Morgana!
Yes! Being able to put your student's academic , social, and emotional needs first is so important!
Thanks for sharing, Caroline!
Freedom to teach is egalitarian.
It is knowing that knowledge is not an up and down mechanism it is equity and shared. The freedoms to share knowledge and critically question ghat knowledge is the essence of humanity.
It is knowing that knowledge is not an up and down mechanism it is equity and shared. The freedoms to share knowledge and critically question ghat knowledge is the essence of humanity.
Thank you for participating in the discussion, Lyndsey!
I think the freedom to teach means I need to be extra careful what part of my thought stream will be revealed to my students but also on the other hand it means I have a right to know their very deep and important thoughts and feelings.
WITHOUT FREEDOM THERE WOULD BE NO LOVE. And a teacher is a kind of love in disguise. BTW, Greetings from Poland!
WITHOUT FREEDOM THERE WOULD BE NO LOVE. And a teacher is a kind of love in disguise. BTW, Greetings from Poland!
Thank you for participating, Marta!
Freedom to Teach, to me, means being able to adjust my lessons at a moments notice, based on the needs of my students at that very moment, without worrying that I am deviating from the posted objective for the day.
I don’t want to be concerned that an administrator will enter my room and see that the lesson and the objective don’t match. Let me do my job!! I’m a professional, I know what I need to do and what my students need!
I don’t want to be concerned that an administrator will enter my room and see that the lesson and the objective don’t match. Let me do my job!! I’m a professional, I know what I need to do and what my students need!
Thank you for contributing, Ann!
I agree, a passionate teacher can make all the difference. Thanks for participating in the discussion!