A Spot for Inspired Teachers

"If you want to build a ship, don't drum up the men to gather wood, divide the work, and give the orders. Instead, teach them to yearn for the vast and endless sea." ~ Antoine de Saint-Exupéry (from The Little Prince)

This quote describes what we believe Inspired Teachers do, and this is the kind of philosophy we're going to explore on this Blog.

Center for Inspired Teaching has spent over a decade providing training and support for K-12 educators in Washington, DC. We believe students should be engaged in work that is meaningful, challenged to find their own solutions to problems, and empowered to reach their full potential. Who can make this possible? Teachers. We believe teachers are the solution.

We look forward to sharing our ideas and success stories through this Blog and hope you'll give us feedback on the topics we explore. If you're already an Inspired Teacher we hope this Blog will serve as a resource and validation for the important work you do every day. If you're aspiring to be an Inspired Teacher we hope this Blog will help to move you in that direction.

An Inspired Teacher:

• Challenges students with meaningful, relevant, and interesting school work.

• Establishes and maintains high expectations by holding students accountable, providing intellectually stimulating content, and motivating students to achieve beyond their perceived limits.

• Sparks students’ natural intellectual curiosity, is well-versed in subject matter, and employs many methods of enabling students to learn it.

• Builds a positive and productive relationship with every student.

• Plans each lesson thoughtfully and with a clear goal in mind, continually observes and assesses student learning, and adjusts instruction accordingly.

• Enjoys teaching and embraces new challenges.

• Enables students to become knowledgeable and self-disciplined, with the skills to think and solve complex problems in school and in real life.