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Creating life long learners instead of lifelong test takers..
Yes, we must have trust in our teachers! Thank you for sharing, Rebekah!
Freedom to teach would allow me to have autonomy over the classroom instruction and how my students progress academically, socially, and emotionally. I just want to teach and for students to learn~
Great points! Thank you for sharing, Delisa!
It means that I can adjust to my students needs and interests without fear of being labeled an unsatisfactory teacher and losing my job. Freedom to teach means teaching without censorship, even ideas that challenge the current zeitgeist. Freedom to teach means bringing spontaneity, wonder, and joy back into the science classroom.
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Thank you for sharing, Dawn!
Great point about being able to meet your students where they are at. Thanks for sharing!
We don't go into this profession without passion for kids. Freedom to teach means letting the professionals do the job that they have been trained to do, to do what is absolutely best for all kids, and keep parents out of the classroom unless they are there to truly help and do for the greater good! Freedom to teach is an opportunity to engage kids and instill a personal passion for their own learning through facilitating meaningful activities and lessons that can be driven further by the student's interests, and commonly can and should be self-initiated. Freedom to teach means having some flexibility and allow our teachers to give the appropriate guidance to their students so that they can have voice and choice in how they best learn. Freedom to teach feels like an art that is gradually and deliberately being taken away; soon to be lost. However, I will continue to fight the good fight until I retire! I will continue to coach and mentor and encourage all of our new teachers! I choose to be their Marigold!
Thank you for sharing!
It also means trusting the teacher is doing their job without needing additional data to be gathered by the teacher to justify learning and growth. The grades and district tests should show if they are understanding the material.
It is important to give teachers the trust and freedom to lead their classroom, and not rely on misleading data to measure a teachers performance. Thank you for sharing!
I like that I have freedom in my science classroom so that if a volcano explodes in Hawaii, I can take time to talk about it with my Earth Science class without worrying about having to keep to a predetermined schedule and order of topics.
I agree., although I teach math. If a student asks me a math question, I want to be able to answer it right then, or take time to have everyone explore it.
Thank you so much for sharing, Deidre!
Thank for sharing, Brenda! The ability to help students become lifelong learners is so important!