Educators as Facilitators of Learning:
In education we make many assumptions about what good teaching looks like. One of the only real ways to measure how effective teachers are is by looking at student outcomes. Outcomes look differently for each individual student. No one student is the same, and all students learn differently. Beyond stating the obvious, there are several ways that educators can hold themselves accountable for teacher outcomes. Firstly, acknowledge the fact that you are responsible for the learning that takes place in your classroom. Many educators want to blame the extraneous factors that exist in a child's life. What happens in a child's Homelife should not impact your willingness to teach and push a child. I've also seen instances in which educators use poverty as an excuse for students not learning. Yes, poor kids can learn. As a matter of fact, the l argest literacy boom for Black people came right after the Civil War and the ending of Chattel slavery. Secondly, tuck your learned b...