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Dave Stuart Jr.

Defining Everest: A Reflection on the Challenges of Teaching

May 30, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 8 Comments

On May 29, 1953, the two men pictured above became the first human beings to set foot on Mount Everest. During their ascent they battled weather, temperatures, ice, and odds, achieving a victory that many of their contemporaries considered humanly impossible. In this article I seek not to diminish the accomplishments of Hillary (above left) and […]

May Forward: Making the Most of a Hard Month for Teachers

May 19, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 12 Comments

May is usually a hard month for me as a teacher. I’m exhausted. Of the year’s mountain-tops and canyon-bottoms, in May it’s the low, dark places that seem realest. I’ve succeeded beyond what I’ll ever know with some kids, yet with some I know I’ve failed. I haven’t reached them; I haven’t been The One Teacher whose work flips […]

3 Years of Teacher Blogging: the Work, the Rewards, the Opportunity

May 5, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 20 Comments

This past week, on May 6th, 2015, my wife Crystal and I celebrated the third birthday of TeachingtheCore.com (update: On August 1, 2015, TeachingtheCore.com became DaveStuartJr.com — same blog, new name). It was a crazy party — she had a glass of wine, I had a glass of scotch, we reminisced, and we were yawning by […]

6 Mindsets of Excellent Educators

April 21, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 11 Comments

If you wander through my school, you’ll see numerous examples of teacher excellence. One of our best educators is stern, intense, rarely cracking a smile; another is warm, inviting, and deeply relational; still another is peppy, exuberant, bubbling over with enthusiasm. Each of them are excellent teachers, and I’d argue that their excellence is something separate […]

An Example of Deliberate Practice from my Actual Life

April 18, 2015 By Dave Stuart Jr. 8 Comments

One of the best reasons for infusing character strengths into our instruction is totally selfish: even if we completely fail to help our students grow character, our lives become richer as we grow the strengths in ourselves. And yet, this personal character growth is not truly selfish, either — not if our aim is to help our […]

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