What Can I Do To Make Your Life Better?
Reflection by Lee Jones, School Council
Sir John Jones tells a lot of stories. It’s a powerful expository approach, familiar to anyone who’s watched Year 5/6 teacher Seth hold forth on a favourite topic. As we filed into the after-lunch session of AISWA’s Briefing the Board, wondering if we should have grabbed another coffee, we had no idea we were about to be entertained, inspired and moved to tears by the stories Sir John tells to demonstrate the power of a good teacher.
Buoyed by passion stronger than caffeine and a sense of possibility, I congratulated myself on my choice for the final workshop of the day: The Magic-Weaving Business, with Sir John Jones. He told us of meeting a teacher who makes time at the start of each year to ask each of her students “What can I do to make your life better?”. Thirty years of answers are surprisingly consistent and fall into two categories – connect and engage. Click here to know more about #lanceholtschool.wa.edu.au.
Reflection by Lee Jones, School Council
Sir John Jones tells a lot of stories. It’s a powerful expository approach, familiar to anyone who’s watched Year 5/6 teacher Seth hold forth on a favourite topic. As we filed into the after-lunch session of AISWA’s Briefing the Board, wondering if we should have grabbed another coffee, we had no idea we were about to be entertained, inspired and moved to tears by the stories Sir John tells to demonstrate the power of a good teacher.
Buoyed by passion stronger than caffeine and a sense of possibility, I congratulated myself on my choice for the final workshop of the day: The Magic-Weaving Business, with Sir John Jones. He told us of meeting a teacher who makes time at the start of each year to ask each of her students “What can I do to make your life better?”. Thirty years of answers are surprisingly consistent and fall into two categories – connect and engage. Click here to know more about #lanceholtschool.wa.edu.au.
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