Today, I attended a conference for being an effective facilitator for our District Leadership Team (DLT). The focus was on the creating and maintaining the three structures of a district; the DLT, building leadership teams, and teacher based teams. At the conference I ran into my former principal and he offered a way to truly get people riled up. He said to go into the DLT meeting and ask the members if all students can learn. Undoubtedly they will say yes. After they say yes tell them they are all wrong. It isn't that all students can learn, but instead all student learn.
He was right. All students learn. The bigger and more important question is what do we teach them? When do we teach it? Students will learn that you do not care about them, or that you feel sorry for them because they are poor, or that they will never be successful because of their zip code.
When you are with your students or your children, think about what you are teaching them at that particular moment. Are you teaching them something you want them to learn?
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