Gift Your Skills
Teachers have a plethora of skills they bring to their classroom. Some have the gift of creating great visual aids, others breathe tech, while some can create outstanding lessons out of the smallest of ideas. Within that collaboration comes some fantastic instruction!
Whether you open an account on Teachers Pay Teachers, give out flash drives at team meetings, or some other means of sharing files, just share. Teaching is a profession that relies on creating content and thinking outside the teacher’s edition. All teachers exclaim how they want to improve education, then share your resources, share your knowledge, and most of all share your skills.
While this all seems obvious, I think the means to share aren’t as obvious as one might think. Within your school set up a lesson swapping party. Most of you know a colleague who sells candles, kitchenware, or totes via a “party.” Why not one for sharing your gift of teaching? For sharing outside your school or district, have a similar party online. Create a shared drive via Google, Dropbox, or whatever provider you choose and have a place to keep files and ideas. Have some norms for describing and formatting and go for it.
Don’t keep your teaching gifts to yourself!
Check out this topic's accompanying episode of The Free Thinking Teacher Podcast.
Whether you open an account on Teachers Pay Teachers, give out flash drives at team meetings, or some other means of sharing files, just share. Teaching is a profession that relies on creating content and thinking outside the teacher’s edition. All teachers exclaim how they want to improve education, then share your resources, share your knowledge, and most of all share your skills.
While this all seems obvious, I think the means to share aren’t as obvious as one might think. Within your school set up a lesson swapping party. Most of you know a colleague who sells candles, kitchenware, or totes via a “party.” Why not one for sharing your gift of teaching? For sharing outside your school or district, have a similar party online. Create a shared drive via Google, Dropbox, or whatever provider you choose and have a place to keep files and ideas. Have some norms for describing and formatting and go for it.
Don’t keep your teaching gifts to yourself!
Check out this topic's accompanying episode of The Free Thinking Teacher Podcast.
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