Mentors, heroes and champions

MENTORS

“A wise and trusted counselor or teacher.” (dictionary.com)
A mentor is someone who who guides you closely. Someone who watches your progress and offers deliberate and direct insight and feedback. They are the ones that help you form your foundation and make sure you acquire the skills needed to be successful on your chosen path. According to Fields, “They serve as mission-critical sources of information and insight — and proof that no matter how uncertain the quest, success is possible.”

HEROES

“A [person] of distinguished courage or ability, admired for hisbrave deeds and noble qualities.” (dictionary.com) Heroes are those people who you admire that don”t have to be a part of your day to day learning or give you feedback. They are inspirational individuals who show you that great things an be done, trails can be blazed. The role of hero is a one-way street.

CHAMPIONS

“A person who fights for or defends any person or cause: a champion slots online spielen of the oppressed.” (dictionary.com)
Champions are those people who are the closest to your inner circle. Champions are the people that stand by you, support you and believe in you no matter how scary things get. A champion, writes Fields, is “someone deeply invested in [your] journey and equally devoted to seeing its manifestation. Fans, those who watch from the side and cheer you on, come and go. Champions are more difficult to find. They are people who will be there with you, no matter what happens, especially ones who will feel the pain equally, both emotionally and financially, if you fail.”

Who fills these roles for you? How might you begin to fill the spaces and create your own hive to support you on your path to a more masterful teaching career?

I”d like to add one more crucial hive member and that is your fellow teachers: your community.

COMMUNITY

A social, religious, occupational, or other group sharingcommon characteristics or interests and perceived orperceiving itself as distinct in some respect from the larger society within which it exists (usually preceded by the ): thebusiness community; the community of scholars.

The Skillful Teaching community is one such hive. It”s a place where teachers from various disciplines and stages of teaching can come together and learn from one another, ask poignant questions and spark new paths of discovery. It is also a place to get the guidance you need in whether you are a solo teacher or the owner of a huge studio.

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