Often,
professional development
is geared towards helping everyone
to learn everything equally.
But what if
every teacher
over the course of a year
(or two)
dedicated themselves
to becoming an expert in
one specific area?
Imagine having
teachers who were experts
In STEAM,
or classroom management,
or literary essays,
or questioning,
or teaching word problems,
or sketchnoting,
or creating clubs,
or communicating with families,
or reaching hard to reach students,
or engagement,
or mindfulness,
or movement in the classroom,
or alternative seating,
or creating videos?
I’m not talking about
going to one workshop
or visiting one school,
I’m talking about
being valued for
and encouraged
and supported
to do
a deep dive into a
topic of interest,
exploring,
researching,
experimenting,
questioning,
and connecting,
just like we ask our students to do.
What would happen if
every teacher
became an educational expert
in one thing?
Trevor (@trevorabryan)