Leadership is often the afterthought of educational change.
Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity.
You cannot understand the teacher or their teaching without understanding the person the teacher is.
There is no algorithm for creativity.
Excellence is the asymptotic state that never quite reaches perfection.
Teachers who believe they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do.