Educational Essays
May 29th, 2007 by Mike Smart
A few people have asked to see the essays that I wrote for the Teacher of the Year application. They have been included in the official press release, but for the sake of easy access, I’m posting them here in PDF format. Clicking on the links below will allow you to save them to your computer.
Two quick comments…
The tricky part with these essays was fitting them onto two pages each. I ended up chopping out a lot of content. Over the course of the year, I hope to be posting more detailed thoughts on some of the topics mentioned in the essays.
On of the nice things about the Teacher of the Year application process is that it gets you to think in great detail about your philosophy of teaching and your educational message. These essays were written five months ago, at the beginning of the process. I would modify some areas if I were to write them now.
