weEngage, weInspire, weMatter MPTCA 2014

From its humorous opening to the pumped up finale, this address affirms and provokes listeners with compelling questions about contemporary practices and specific action steps to consider if having enough courage wasn’t a factor.   When we are brave, we find the freedom, language, and spirit to confront complacency and ineffective practice, and, even better, to do something about them.   Pre-service to 40 year-veterans will find the ideas liberating and affirming, pushing all of us closer to the kind of teacher we’ve always wanted to be.   Radical to some, but all based in the latest pedagogy, we'll explore what it takes to be courageous in today's schools, and we'll declare over a dozen brave acts that can be taken immediately upon return to school.  Leave timidity at the door and join us for an extraordinary address on the power of being brave together.