advanced degree of the heart
What makes a great teacher?
It’s first the heart
that reaches out to the student,
the skill with which relationship
can begin, can grow, can blossom,
only the student can allow the steps forward,
each needs to trust that the way forward
is possible, and right,
the teacher can help the student see the choices before them,
we can support, encourage, applaud,
yet it’s the student that needs to move,
and, when they do, where they go can be amazing,
what makes a good teacher is the care and the skill
to meet the student where they are
and help empower them to realize where they can go,
too often, schools assume
that an advanced degree for the teacher
establishes their worth, I disagree,
the lack, or presence, of letters after or before a name
does not determine the quality of the teaching,
the advanced degree of the heart
can determine the quality of teaching.
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