Check out this recent piece by Managing Director Rus Cailey where he explores how years of project-based learning teaching helped him reimagine what it meant to teach, or what he calls “[t]he move that changed my career after years superglued to broken curriculum and pre-loaded content.”
“Suppose life truly starts at the end of your comfort zone (in the professional sense). In that case, the move towards change and a curriculum which embraces greater freedom are not just crucial for your students but for ourselves as educators. This change could also be a small step in increasing a collective movement that might stop the great teacher exodus and start to save our profession.”
Rus lays out (5) key elements for helping teachers navigate what lies ahead in this moment in time:
- Patience
- Help your colleagues see the future
- Stand back and let your team problem solve
- Encourage your teams to get out of the classroom
- Diversify project-based learning experiences
He suggests:
“This change could also be a small step in increasing a collective movement that might stop the great teacher exodus and start to save our profession.”
What do you think?
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Article by
Christian Long
CGO | Chief Growth Officer
Christian serves as the Chief Growth Officer for the THINK Learning Studio. He was inspired to join a multi-disciplinary team dedicated to helping global educators and schools explore real-world learning strategies to support both their core values and moonshot aspirations.
