We are about educating and inspiring through developing relationships and connecting!
Inspirational Ted Talk from the legendary
Rita Pierson - a teacher for 40 years, who once heard a colleague say, "They don't pay me to like the kids." Her response: "Kids don't learn from people they don’t like.’”
You need to believe in your students and actually connect with them on a real, human, personal level.
People buy from people who they like and connect with
Every one of you have been influenced and taught a great lesson from a teacher that they have connected with -
People learn from people who they like.
9 gems from the talk
1. Make people feel good about themselves - "we were brought together because you are the best students and I am the best teacher" - student says "really"
2 right answers out of 29 questions is better than 18 wrong answers. Put a smiley - not a frown!
3. Steve covey - seek first to understand before being understood - find out their why!!!
4. Apologise - say sorry if you do something wrong. -being humble goes a long way .
5. Engage them - Great way to keynect - if you are talking to a group of students - ask them to sms you what they want to be when they are older!
If you are talking to a business - ask them to sms you what they are - or what they want to be - A strap line that embodies what they want to become
6. Talk to them - don't talk at them
7. Teachers need to be great actors - even if you don't like Someone - they must never know - you still have to teach him , influence him and inspire him - you have that as an obligation - and to teach him well - you have to develope a rapport and connect - work out a way.
8. Find a way that the teaching will bring joy and inspiration - everybody deserves to be a champion - and everybody deserves to feel loved and cared for
9. Be present - be there for them!
Influence them to be the best that they can be
The benefits - leaving a legacy - Ritas mother was a great teacher - she went to visit kids at home who needed help, developed relationships , connected -
She made them feel that they were somebody when they felt that they were nobody.
She made a difference in there lives - made a difference to the world - by helping her students along the road to success - by forming that relationship and connection with them.
When she died there were so many kids that she developed a relationship with and connected that came to her funeral - that Rita knew that she would never be forgotten - she left a legacy - she made a difference!!
Educating is a privilige - and we have an obligation to create a keynection - anyone can educate and lead and make a difference
We can do this - we are teachers, we are leaders and Leadership is about influence - nothing more and nothing less - and to influence - you need to keynect and make a difference.