@brndnpink @AlliFlowers @edutooter The missing piece has always been #documentation, having the time and and inclination to video students at work and discuss those captured moments with others. Teachers learn from the students and each other much more profoundly and professionally than any other way. So, do we ignore that truth? If we do ignore it, are we professional educators or something lesser, like employees, for example.
@tdrummon @brndnpink@hachyderm.io @edutooter A good teacher is a facilitator who guides a student through the path of learning. Maybe the word “teacher” is inadequate. Are we sherpas?
@jeffmoore @tdrummon @brndnpink@hachyderm.io @edutooter Let’s start a movement!
@AlliFlowers @jeffmoore @brndnpink @edutooter I am in. When we hit the climate/death/misery wall, if there is one, a widely agreed-upon plan for healthy stewardship could transform the Earth.
@tdrummon @AlliFlowers @brndnpink @edutooter Here's a good quote about humility and shepherding from a famous Sherpa ... "If it is a shame to be the second man on Mount Everest, then I will have to live with this shame."
@AlliFlowers @brndnpink @edutooter #servantleader In my writing I don’t use the word teacher unless talking about a job position. Being an educator is mostly about leadership and care, both happen together and are inseparable. Since we are international here at Mastodon, maybe there is another language that has a word for both together. #leadership #care #education #edutooters
@tdrummon @brndnpink@hachyderm.io @edutooter Interesting that you say that. In French the word “apprendre” is used both for to learn and to teach, depending on the preposition which follows.
For some reason I think more of administrators when I hear “servant leadership.” I don’t know why.
@AlliFlowers @brndnpink @edutooter In my look into “servant leadership” I saw Buddhism at its roots an inward/outward awareness of power. Power is what we are talking about. The discounting of teachers, those bottom feeders, is intended to control them, an intent in public education from the beginning. After Dewey, we had for a time a discussion and aspiration for ethical action to benefit the general welfare. The #democracy evil to be stopped.
@tdrummon @AlliFlowers @brndnpink @edutooter A lot to be said about presence, wound, purpose, and more in servant leadership. Definitely some Buddhism there, but not just. Servant leadership as per Sergiovanni is about serving people, to be sure, but also serving a larger purpose in the “school.”
@AlliFlowers @tdrummon @brndnpink @edutooter I always liked “chief learner”, but I’ve got to admit …”learning Sherpa” sure sounds cool!