Stop Being the Hero

29 Mar Stop Being the Hero

Yes. You.  I mean you.  The well-intentioned, passionate, determined educator grabbing a few moments to read this headline. 

Stop it.  

I mean it.  

And really. I’m talking to myself too.

If you are anything like me, my teaching friend, you struggle with the same thing.  You are quick to be the hero.  Your students see you as the hero. Parents see you as a hero.  I believe you deserve the hero status and will continue to get that name— but I would like to propose you stop acting like one in the classroom. Perhaps we are doing TOO much for our students.  We act heroically all day long. We ‘save’ students from the struggle and from the errors.  With innocent intentions, we’ve made ourselves the heroes instead of allowing our students to be their own heroes.

I want students to be the heroes of their own story.  I want us, their teachers, to be their guides.

I feel pretty passionate about this idea.  In fact, so passionate, that I wrote a full article on the concerns with this in our classrooms and schools.  It’s just the beginning of the conversation, but I would love for you to join me in the conversation.

Do you want your students to have more ownership of their learning?

Do you want your students to ‘get it’ beyond the initial day of teaching?

Do you want your students to believe in themselves in mathematicians?

Would you like so guidance in identifying the teacher and student behaviors that are making you the HERO and students the bystanders in their education?

Then invest in current self, your future self and in your amazingly deserving students and read on here.

Thanks for entrusting me with some of your valuable time.  I don’t take that for granted and am positive you will gain some insight in my recent article.

Click Here to Begin Your Journey as the Guide, Not the Hero.