Quotes by Teacher The bags that teachers carry home symbolize their guilt about the endless care they have to give. Andy Hargreaves leadership home teacher One or two bad teachers is a problem with the teachers. A school with many bad teachers is a problem of leadership. Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher You cannot switch teachers on and off as if they were PowerPoint presentations. Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher Teachers who believe they can make a real difference in their students lives REALLY do. Andy Hargreaves real leadership teacher Although everyone wants to change the teacher, it's time for the agents of educational reform to change themselves. Andy Hargreaves educational leadership teacher The rules of the world are changing. It is time for the rules of teaching and teachers' work to change with them. Andy Hargreaves teaching leadership teacher Alberta funds almost all its schools and districts to design and evaluate their own innovations. Teachers are the drivers of change, not the driven. Andy Hargreaves design teacher school We need standards with flexibility, not standardization with force if we are to get the best from our teachers. Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher Singapore gives 10% "white space" time to all of its teachers to come up with their own innovations outside of the official curriculum. This encourages teachers to turn to their colleagues for inspiration and ideas. Andy Hargreaves inspiration teacher ideas Without optimism & self-belief among teachers, classrooms become wastelands of boredom & routine and schools deserts of lost opportunity. Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher The teacher has more power than the Minister. Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher All teachers are already leaders. It's in the nature of teaching. Andy Hargreaves teaching leadership teacher Too many professional development initiatives are done to teachers - not for, with or by them. Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher On technology: The teacher is mightier than the mouse. Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher We disagree with the assertion that great teachers can be replaced by online alternatives. The futuristic claim that technology will triumph over teachers ignores all the social and relational dimensions of teaching and learning. Andy Hargreaves technology teaching teacher Schools often get the teachers they deserve! Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher In Finland, within very broad government guidelines, teachers create their own curricula together across schools in every community and district. They don't confine collaboration to their own individual schools and to just implementing other people's ideas. Andy Hargreaves government teacher school Teachers are always emotional: by default if they bore us, and by design when they excite us. Andy Hargreaves learning leadership teacher In high performing countries, principals are working with highly qualified teachers who come from the top tiers of the graduation range, who have been rigorously prepared in universities and through supervised practice in schools, and who remain in education for all of their careers. Andy Hargreaves teacher country school We need to establish platforms for teachers to initiate their own changes and make their own judgments on the frontline, to invest more in the change capacities of local districts and communities, and to pursue prudent rather than profligate approaches to testing. Andy Hargreaves community teacher needs «7891011121314151617»