Monday Minute-March 4th


This quote caught my eye and I thought it would be a great start to the week.  I know nearly every school and organization has one, but the question that came to mind when I saw this is "Are you on mission or are you trying to live up to a mission statement?"

To me if you are trying to live up to or follow a mission statement, you are following someone else's path and not your own.  If you are following someone else's mission statement and not on mission, you may need to evaluate your reason for being a teacher.  You may be someone that is either burned out or has lost focus.  It may be time to find a way to kindle that fire again or find something else that inspires you, for your sake and for your students.

If you are on mission, you are passionate about it.  It is something that drives you and motivates you.  You are likely someone that feels teaching is a calling and that calling is a big part of what motivates you.  It is part of the mission.  That mission, for the most part, is to help students be as successful as possible.  That mission is at the heart of everything you do in the classroom.  It means you are there early or late.  It means you spend time at home working on lessons, preparing for your students.  It means you are at their events.  It also means you are building relationships with them, finding out what motivates them.  It means you notice when there is something wrong.

There is so much that goes along with being a teacher when you are on mission that putting it all in one post is challenging, so I leave you with the question:

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