I think like the job of being a teacher is just this incredible sense of responsibility. You’re constantly putting yourself under this microscope of going, am I good enough? Do I deserve to be in charge of making decisions that will impact young lives for a long time, even if I didn’t intend it to? And so I think the least we can do is provide educators with a space where they feel trusted and cared for.
I keep wanting to write about this podcast episode) because it’s stuck in my head.
The teacher asking “Am I good enough to shape these young lives?” is exactly the teacher we want in our schools.
It’s a discussion we have a lot, that we’re forever too busy to find the time to consider if what we’re doing is good enough. And it feels like schools are often saying that that what they want but, teacher’s don’t feel it.
And it’s not going to change. So we are forced to choose.
