Teaching is about relationships.
It probably always has been, but kids today need that relationship.
Teaching is getting the information across to the students.
It's not about lesson plans.
It's not about standards.
It's not about having the right signs up in your classroom.
It's not about using technology.
It's not about being deemed an effective teacher by someone who rarely comes into your class.
It's not about checking boxes.
It is about connecting with the students and hoping to inspire them to learn.
How do you measure that?
I don't know how you can officially do it with metrics and measurable data because a good teacher doesn't always have the best test scores.
All teachers can manipulate data to show that they have taught info by test scores, but that's not teaching either.
Teaching is about having kids in your classroom at the beginning of a school year, they learn, get smarter, but want to continue learning after they leave your class.
Want to see a good teacher?
Look at teacher's kids...how well do they do?
From my experiences, I can tell you it's not because of anything that happens in a building from 8 AM to 3 PM, but what happens in a building from 3 PM until the next day...in their homes.
