TL;DR:
- Trust is important in both your personal and professional relationships.
- Finding ways to reduce your workload so you have more time to help students and foster relationships is important.
- Education Blueprint is a great resource to help you achieve this.
I’ve followed John Maxwell’s work since becoming a teacher 10 years ago. He has transformed the way I think about myself as an educator. Recently, I listened to a podcast from Maxwell called, “Trust Busters and Trust Builders“. In the podcast, Maxwell tells his audience, “Trust is the ground upon which relationships are built.”
When teachers divert their time and energy away from long and mundane tasks, they can spend more time focusing on the heart of their students, earning their trust, and building relationships. Click To TweetHis words made me think about the relationships I’ve formed in my personal and professional life, not just with adults, but with my students, too. Educators are fortunate that their students have an initial trust for them. It’s the teacher who is responsible for cultivating that trust and building up those relationships.
Teaching is hard. Teachers are underappreciated and underpaid. Yet, none of this stops them. They show up for their kids every day focusing on maintaining their trust and honing the relationships.
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Showing Up for Students
I want to focus on my students, but I know that I have so many other responsibilities. It’s hard to find time to do it all. And often, I feel guilty for not being able to do it all. When I had the opportunity to join Education Blueprint, I knew it would have a significant impact on establishing trusting relationships between teachers. I knew that it would help the community. Most importantly, I knew it would help students.
Education Blueprint, at its core, was built to serve. It supplies teachers with resources that will leave a deep impact on students. It’s a way for teachers to lift each other up, and help each other grow.
When teachers divert their time and energy away from long and mundane tasks, they can spend more time focusing on the heart of their students, earning their trust, and building relationships.
About Nicole Kelly
Nicole Kelly is an educator from southwestern Pennsylvania. She has eight years of teaching experience in public and private educational settings. Nicole earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees from Duquesne University in Pittsburgh, PA. Currently, she teaches full-time and is the Content Curator for Education Blueprint.
