Accepting both the opportunity and the responsibility evokes a great deal of humility.

Teaching is a very habit-bound endeavor. We're unsettled by the unfamiliar. We're creatures of habit too.

Important element is deeply understanding our curriculum. Most teachers know what they're going to cover this week or this term. Few of us can specify precisely what students should know, understand, and be able to do as a result of any particular learning experience or set of learning experiences. Without that specificity, alignment between content, assessment, and instruction is weak.

The central job of schools is to maximize the capacity of each students.

A gifted teacher has an unfailing eye for magical classrooms & loses sleep over anything less than the highest quality.

[Students] are exposed to many things the majority of their teachers didn't encounter until much later in their growing up years.

In the field of education, educators know that they leave a lasting impact on their students for better or for worse. Trust is established or diminished in the classroom and very good educators understand that they are fallible. Despite their best efforts, they will not always do the best for each student.