Ten failed attempts is sometimes worth more than 10 A’s.
One great hands-on learning experience is worth more than reading a textbook chapter.
The time spent to fostering a classroom community is worth far more than one year of being a dictator of your room.
One formative assessment interview is worth more than some entire state standardized test scores.
One hour in a Twitter #edchat or #gtchat can be more valuable than a day at some conferences we pay hundreds of dollars to see.
Five minutes spent listening to a student is worth more than 60 minutes spent lecturing.
Ten minutes of a student struggling is worth more than an entire day of work that is easy for them.
The meaningful feedback you give students is worth more than a smiley face sticker.
Deeper learning everyday is worth more than fact filled “rigor”.
Actions are worth far more than excuses.
20 minutes of real collaboration with a colleague is sometimes worth more than 2 hoursof planning alone.
The fear you have of change is worth overcoming far more than the feeling you’ll have in ten years that you did nothing to change things.
