When assignments need feedback, emails need responses, and lessons need preparing, I can easily lose the mindfulness I want to have as a classroom teacher. These mantras and mottos help me stay present and fully engaged with whomever is right in front of me.
Learning should be fun!
Be precise and concise.
Connect and reflect.
Everyone is smart in different ways.
Guide on the side.
Inspect what you expect.
Lead with love.
We can do hard things.
"He most honors my style who learns under it to destroy the teacher" (Walt Whitman, Song of Myself).