Wednesday, June 25, 2008

The Courage to Teach Reading Group

In my reading group's book, The Courage to Teach, Parker Palmer focuses on (gasp!) the teacher and not learning. This is a refreshing view from an education guru and one I happen to share. I see my role as union president as making room for teachers to do their jobs to the best of their ability without undue influence from outside forces. I know that giving teachers the freedom to do their jobs will directly benefit their students.

3 comments:

Patti said...

Don't you think though that some teachers abuse this freedom? How do you help those teachers who are not performing adequately or successfully in the classroom?

Deb Nickles said...
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Deb Nickles said...

yikes--patti, your question reminds me that I am sometimes so naive!

you mean not everyone wants to be a stellar teacher? :-)

I think similar fear and mistrust started NCLB . . .