Educators get insight into developing a ‘philosophical identity’ for teaching
March 4, 2009
STEPHENVILLE, TEXAS—Teachers were given a one-question pop quiz during the final workshop in the Jim Boyd Effective Schools Project (ESP) development series at Tarleton State University on Feb. 19.
The question was “Why am I a teacher?”
Presenter John Perricone, a high school health teacher, a sixth-degree black belt and a barbershop quartet singer, posed the question in his presentation titled “Why Am I A Teacher? Developing a Philosophical Identity.” ¬
The leadership development conferences feature speakers most school districts would not be able to afford on their own. Featured speakers focus on the latest education techniques, practices or strategies designed to increase classroom learning and improve educators within their classrooms.
Most of Perricone’s presentation was based on his book, “Zen and The Art of Public School Teaching,” which focuses on two assumptions.
According to Perricone’s Web site, those assumptions are that teachers teach who they are and the second is that a person’s philosophy of life is tied to a person’s identity. Taking these assumptions, Perricone concludes that teachers’ “philosophical identity” ultimately dictates their teaching style and distinguishes those who love and hate teaching.
The book is written for those beginning their teaching careers, for veteran teachers open to personal and professional growth and those thinking about becoming teachers.
ESP is a collaborative professional development program involving Tarleton and public schools within its service area. Since it began more than 20 years ago, ESP has become one of the nation’s long-running school-improvement programs. It is also one of the most unique education partnerships in Texas, possibly the United States.
The membership of ESP consists of principals and faculty representing 75 schools in 27 districts from the Tarleton service area. Each school pays a membership fee, and the funds are combined to provide workshops by highly qualified, nationally recognized educators, according to Dr. Bill Larmer, professor in Tarleton’s College of Education and director of the ESP.
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