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Four Non-Negotiable Teacher Mindsets

September 20, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. 1 Comment

If you can’t affirm and work from the four “mindset” statements that comprise this article, [1] you must either A) work to alter your beliefs, or B) work to leave the profession. Option A is where I live — repeatedly finding myself intellectually assenting to the four mindset statements that follow, but functionally, operationally working […]

Today, Solve a Problem

September 13, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. 5 Comments

I can picture riding in the car with my dad, Mr. David Stuart Sr., back when I was a kid, with him telling me one of his favorite bits of wisdom. “Dave, there are two kinds of people in this world: problem-makers and problem-solvers. No one sits on the sidelines. Be a problem-solver, and you’ll succeed.” […]

Our One Enduring Standard (and its Two Components)

September 6, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. 3 Comments

The best teachers aren’t dependent on the latest list of standards or bag of buzzwords or slew of resources when it comes to answering the central questions of their career. What am I producing, year in and year out? What do I make? What, in a single sentence, is the Everest I drive toward with my professional effort? If […]

Character-Switching​ & The Pursuit of the Poised Life

August 30, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. 3 Comments

If we’re to reach our potential, we must pursue the integrated life; we must strive toward being one-faced. Our aim is to be like those integers we learn about in math class: whole numbers, devoid of cunning; what you see is what you get. I’m not moralizing here — “you have to do this because it’s what good people […]

Anti-Teacher Credibility: 10 Great Ways to Become Unbelievable (in a Bad Way)

August 13, 2016 By Dave Stuart Jr. Leave a Comment

Last time, I looked at teacher credibility and its four components. (Read that post here.) This time, I want to examine the same crucial topic from a negative angle. What are the ways in which we might lessen our students’ belief in our ability to help them succeed? How might we undermine their perceptions of Trust, […]

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