Instigator of Thought activities offer teachers powerful ways to build their practice and hone their craft. By trying these activities, you are receiving ideas that are immediately useful and can spark professional learning – at your own pace and in a way that you control.

What You Will Need:

• 5 minutes

• ​Materials

  • None!

Directions

The language we use about teaching can have a real influence in how teachers view ourselves and our work. Teaching is often described as “delivering” instruction.

Postal workers deliver mail to mailboxes. But teachers do not deliver information into students; children should be the subjects of our work, not the indirect objects. So let go of the word “deliver.” Change your language to reflect students’ active role in learning and alter your perspective on teaching.