layout: post title: “My Teaching Compass: Principles and Goals” date: 2023-07-15 categories: teaching —

Teaching Principles

  • Youth represent humanity’s future
  • Character is more important than Content
  • Creativity is more important than Consumption
  • Growth is more important than overall accomplishment
  • All students can succeed
  • All living things (including students) deserve attention, respect, and inclusion
  • High expectations produce high results

Teaching Goals

  • Students feel safe
  • Help youth be the best versions of themselves inside and outside the classroom
  • Foster students to believe in themselves and others
  • Students actively work on their own character development weekly
  • Creativity and mistakes are encouraged and rewarded
  • Students find some level of intrinsic motivation weekly
  • Students reflect on their progress
  • Students improve their active listening skills