Dream On!Dream On! Lead with me, lead for the years, teach for the laughter not for the tears. Dream on, learn on, teach on, dream until our dreams come true. Dream On! Remix by Joannie Girard (Tyler, 1973) This week as I reflected on my moral imperative, I thought of the song Dream On by Aerosmith and I remixed it with what I want to achieve as a learner, a teacher, a coach and a leader, and what I want to embody to have a positive impact on the world of education. First, Dream On! Allow others and yourself to have a dream and to work toward achieving it. Too often it seems that we have a path or purpose that is predetermined for ourselves and others. But as George Couros says, “The best teams in the world build upon individual’s strengths to bring people together towards a common goal; they do not try to mould people to something that they are not.” (2015) Second, lead with me, lead for the years, teach for the laughter not for the tears. As we want to lead our schools, our boards and the system to reach excellence we cannot do it alone. As clearly stated by Susan Fowler, “Leadership is not something you do to people; it is something you do with people”. (Couros, 2015) Also, I believe as Georges Couros describes in his blog that “Leadership’s job is not to control people, but to unleash talent”. (2015) We have to focus on building people up. This will work to improve our society and the generations to come. To do this “We have to stop thinking of an education as something that is delivered to us and instead see it as something we create for ourselves.” (Couros, 2015) I strongly believed that if done right, education can be something to be lived and not survived. If we are truly successful at empowering people in their learning and leadership, we will be able to teach for the laughter not for the tears. Third, dream on, learn on, teach on, dream until our dreams come true. To achieve this, I plan on following the International Society for Technology in Education (ISTE) standards for coaches that guide us to be a visionary leader, to design learning experiences, to create and support learning environments, to develop personalised learning programs, to model and promote good citizenship and to continuously depend their knowledge and expertise. (ISTE standards) I plan to do this until I help the people I coach reach their goals and help their dreams come true. In turn making mine be realized. In conclusion, Dream On! Dare to dream! Dream about a better life! Dream about a better school system! But to really improve our school system, to improve the experience of school and to create a better and happier society we have to think differently and work hard. This will not be easy but we have to try before it is too late. As Praiser says, “a world constructed from the familiar is a world in which there is little to learn”. (Fullan, 2013, p. 8) Together let’s make our education system a dream and our dream a reality. (Saint-Exupery,1999) References: Couros, G. (2015). 5 questions to drive personal-professional learning. [Website]. Retrieved fromhttp://georgecouros.ca/blog/archives/5338 Fullan, M. (2013). Stratosphere: Integrating technology, pedagogy, and change knowledge – Chapter 2 – Technology: Power and peril. Don Mills, ON: Pearson. International Society for Technology in Education. (2018). ISTE national educational technology standards (NETS). International Society for Technology in Education Retrieved from https://www.iste.org/standards Saint-Exupery, A. D. (1999). Le petit prince: Avec les dessins de lauteur. Paris: Gallimard. Tyler, S. (1973). Dream On. [Radio] Boston : Columbia.
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