Teach with Your Strengths
How Great Teachers Inspire Their Students
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In Teach with Your Strengths, you'll hear from great teachers, many of whom reveal their unorthodox—and sure to be controversial—approaches. You'll gain key insights gleaned from 40 years of research into great teaching. And, you'll take an online assessment that reveals your Signature Themes of talent.
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Wisdom to Share
Great teachers are the most valuable professionals in society; they provide our young people with the education they need to be successful.
The more you think about your talents, the more you’ll notice how they contribute to your strengths.
Begin each meeting with a short focus on strengths. Get creative about the types of questions you ask.
Consider how you can tap into your Signature Themes to accomplish your yearly goals in your classroom.
When preparing your agenda each day, consider your talents. Think about how you can best use them to accomplish each task.
Identify three people who are important to your personal development and the fulfillment of your role.
Relator describes your attitude toward your relationships. In simple terms, the Relator theme pulls you to-ward people you already know.
Satisfactions are psychological fulfillments that result when you take on and successfully meet “challenges” that engage your greatest talents.
The speed at which you learn a new skill or gain new knowledge provides a telltale clue to the talent’s presence and power.
Rapid learning offers another trace of talent. In the context of a new challenge or a new environment, something sparks your talent.
A yearning can be described as a pull or a magnetic influence that draws you to a particular activity or environment time and again.
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