Professional Quotes

Start being comfortable being uncomfortable —Jill Young Lee

“I am neither clever nor especially gifted. I am only very, very curious.” ——Albert Einstein.

“Don’t just teach your children to read….teach them to question what they read. Teach them to question everything.”——-George Carlin

“BE THE TYPE OF PERSON THAT YOU WANT TO MEET”

  • “GOOD TEACHING CANNOT BE REDUCED TO TECHNIQUE. GOOD TEACHING COMES FROM THE IDENTITY AND INTEGRITY OF THE TEACHER. —-Parker Palmer

“KIDS MAKE THEIR MARK IN LIFE BY DOING WHAT THEY CAN DO, NOT WHAT THEY CAN’T. SCHOOL IS IMPORTANT, BUT LIFE IS MORE IMPORTANT. BEING HAPPY IS USING YOUR SKILLS PRODUCTIVELY, NO MATTER WHAT THEY ARE.”——-Howard Gardner.

“IF A CHILD CAN’T LEARN THE WAY WE TEACH, MAYBE WE SHOULD TEACH THE WAY THEY LEARN.” ——Ignacio Estrada

TALK LESS SO STUDENTS LEARN MORE. “PRODUCTIVE STRUGGLE IS IMPORTANT FOR STUDENTS TO RETAIN WHAT THEY LEARN.” —-Shannon McGrath.

“WHEN WE CONSISTENTLY LEAN IN TEACHER EXPLANATION AS A PRIMARY TEACHING TOOL, WE TEACH OUR STUDENTS THAT WE ARE THE DISPENSERS OF INFORMATION AND THEY ARE THE CONSUMERS.” ——-Shannon McGrath