The only constant in education is change, and that change is you!

Gavin Mccormack

The only constant in education is change, and that change is you!

The only constant in education is change, and that change is you!

Hold yourself accountable In my career I’ve work…

Hold yourself accountable

In my career I’ve worked all over the world with children from a diverse range of backgrounds. It wasn’t until I had been teaching 5 years, I was teaching a year 5 class who were so terrible that each and every day was a struggle.

Until I realised that the reason they’d ended up like this was because teachers had mismanaged them previously. With each one quitting after the other.

I decided to make some new class rules, not for the children, but for me. I held myself accountable to the children and the power was suddenly with them.

Here’s what I pledged;

1. I will not judge you based on the past. Let’s scrap history.

2. I will never send you to the principal’s office. You’re my class, your problems are my problems.

3. I’m here if you want to talk.

4. I will not allow you to badmouth or discriminate other students.

5. Grades mean nothing to me, your growth is what I care about. How far have you come?

6. I will never raise my voice or get angry at you. But I might get upset or let down.

7. I will try my best to be here each and every day.

8. I will always tell you to keep going and never give up.

9. I will prepare well, so your lessons are fun.

10. I will never humiliate you in front of your friends.

11. I’m here ❤️

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