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Education in the 21st Century is an engaging, disruptive, exciting, untidy exercise
Professional Statement
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Having come to teaching in my early thirties after careers in radio broadcasting and the fitness industry, I have a unique perspective on the job of the teacher. To me the classroom must be a place of vivid engagement, and more than a decade of working in the commercial world to attract audiences tells me that the teacher must accept the vital importance of engaging with the students’ intrinsic motivations.
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Through the judicious and bold use of the modern web and social media, I believe I meet my students half-way in the job of ensuring their educational success. I believe that authenticity is an absolute key to success in the secondary school environment. This applies to everything. The relationships I develop with students must be honest, the work we do in the classroom must have an authentic context, purpose and audience, the feedback that I give must ‘ring true’ and I must be prepared to engage in the process of learning myself – explicitly in order to lead by example. I must learn from my students as they learn from me. I must also act in ways that are consistent with my expectations of them.
As to whether I have succeeded in this? Have a look through my work and that of my students, linked to from these pages, and you be the judge.
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