Every Student Needs a Champion

Every Student Needs a Champion

Why do I teach and coach? I teach because I want to leverage my life for the benefit of the next generation and develop student champions.  For me, teaching and coaching is student-focused and teacher-driven.  Students want a competent and qualified teacher in the...

Core Classroom Value #4: ENGAGE

The last core classroom value is ENGAGE.  I see this word everywhere in education, business, and service.  It is a value many people count as really important but what does it mean to teachers and students?  People place a high value to ENGAGE in business leadership,...

Core Classroom Value #3: Community

Good COMMUNITY in a classroom can make material click for students, and enhance learning tremendously.  Teachers know it and students feel it when true COMMUNITY is being experienced.  Do you remember your favorite teacher in high school?  What was the atmosphere like...

Core Classroom Value #2: Integrity and Teachers

Doing the right thing in the education setting has never been more important than the present. With the “information age” in full force, teachers are challenged every day by what is “new and popular” versus what is “tried and true.” I’m amazed by the things that are...

Core Classroom Value #1 Respect

Core Classroom Value #1:  Respect Stepping into any new classroom or coaching environment the first things I present are my four core classroom values.  I’ve done this dozens of times at many schools.  The first question to my students is:  “Do you like rice?”...