Back To School... Back To Continuous Improvement
As summer vacation draws to a close, many educators find themselves focusing their attention on a new school year, a fresh group of students and a new start. Over the summer, there's been time to think, plan and prepare for our customers... the students.
Think of the responsibility and opportunity we have to impact the lives of students. Take a moment to read "Overworked and Under appreciated: A Tribute to Teachers" and the quote by Dr. Ivan Fitzwater- "The future of the world is in my classroom today." The article also refers to a powerful quote by Haim Ginott...
I have come to a frightening conclusion.
I am the decisive element in the classroom.
It is my personal approach that creates the climate.
It is my daily mood that makes the weather.
As a teacher I possess tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis
will be escalated or de-escalated, and a child humanized or de-humanized.
How can continuous improvement impact the lives of your students this year? Best of luck to each of you as you start another continuous improvement journey!
