My Why

It’s interesting to me that this, my 50th post, brings me back to my “why.” I’ve written in previous posts about the importance of knowing one’s why, and acting within one’s why.

“We are drawn to leaders and organizations that are good at communicating what they believe. Their ability to make us feel like we belong, to make us feel special, safe and not alone is part of what gives them the ability to inspire us.”
– Simon Sinek

 

Today I want to delve deeply into my why and the reasons behind my why.

My Why:
“Be a mirror to reflect back to our students their beauty and brilliance
so they feel: belonging, safe, heard, seen, valued, joy, and LOVED.”

 

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Effective Use of Learning Targets

In August, 2020, in “Know Your Why, Your Purpose,” I described how important it is to know your why as an educator. This fall my staff revisited this concept and every teacher wrote their own why, based on our personal goals and our school’s mission. My why is:

Be a mirror to reflect back to our students their beauty and brilliance so they feel: belonging, safe, heard, seen valued, LOVED. 

Some of this wording in my Why comes from Erin Jones in The Humanizing Power of Stories. In this post, I want to describe the importance of helping students know the why of a lesson, and their why as learners.

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