Becoming the Educator They Need by Robert Jackson

Author:Robert Jackson [Jackson, Robert]
Language: eng
Format: epub
ISBN: 9781416628231
Publisher: ASCD
Published: 2019-07-02T00:00:00+00:00

When you are hurt and timid, you are focusing on yourself and not others. (When I was hurt, all I discussed was my hurt, and I couldn't get past it to help others in pain.) It's a problem when your inability to get past your hurt is an obstacle for students who may need to share their hurts with you. Being timid is living in your pride because you must at times be assertive with your students, which will require you to step out of your comfort zone and look from the outside in.

Remove yourself from the center. No one can make you be humble. You must make that choice yourself. Becoming aware requires you to remove yourself from the center. When a young man offends you, remove yourself from the center and don't play the victim. You will no longer be offended or hurt because you understand that kids are coming in with baggage and trust issues and that it takes time to build bonds with them. You understand that it's not about you. Kids can say what they want, but you know they are lashing out in fear and not at you.

Teaching is for the humble, not the prideful. Tell yourself that you will live in your humility and not in your pride so you can be a better role model for your students. Teaching alone will humble you: it's very rewarding, but it's also very tough. In addition to understanding students who deal with trauma, we have to attend meetings we don't always want to attend, keep our lesson plans on task whether everyone understands or not, prepare students for ongoing standardized tests, and deal with parents who don't always come in peace.

One day I was teaching a class and one of my students kept talking to another student while I was teaching a lesson. I let it slide for a little while, but the talking continued and got intense. Finally, I yelled out to the student, "Cut it out." He yelled back at me, and I asked him to step out in the hallway. He stormed out, slamming the door, and kept walking when I called him.

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