The Worthy Educator is an idea that we as professionals can best serve ourselves and each other. We know what we want and need and we understand the journey each of us is on across the expanse of our careers. It strips away all the layers of complexity that have built up over the years as special interests have encroached on our profession, business models and political agendas that are not in the best interests of us or the students we serve.
The Worthy Educator is a belief in the goodwill and altruism of those who choose education as a vocation, not just a job or a paycheck. We are uniquely qualified to chart the course forward for the public institution. To serve society, education must reflect its needs and values. No one campaigns to sell out children and their families for profit. Schools need to be shored up as a safe place for everyone to focus on human potential and holistic development, free of commercial influence.
The Worthy Educator is the hope that we can transform the status of public education in response to our quickly changing global community, with new thinking and approaches brought forward by education professionals. We need to come together and come to agreement on what this looks like before we can engage stakeholders on how to make the institution adaptive and responsive for the future, free of the trappings of the industrial age.
The Worthy Educator is an investment in each educator in every role as they grow and evolve, pursuing their passion. Each professional’s journey is uniquely their own, and they need a safe place to bring their aspirations, challenges and opportunities to make connections and find answers that serve them in achieving their goals. With an eye on charting a course towards a lasting legacy, everyone in The Worthy Educator community is supported so that they can make impact on our collective vision.
The Worthy Educator is a question posed to each of us about what we want for ourselves and our profession. Dig down deep beyond the fear and frustration and exhaustion and reconnect with why we got into education in the first place and find the answer. On that final day of your career, when you close your office door that one last time, what do you want your legacy to be? This is not for the self-serving, self-promoting, faint of heart. It goes to the very core of who we are and who we want to be. In resetting the narrative about education as a profession for all stakeholders, we can reclaim this work and lead the way into the future.
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