"1. The most important idea I got from these two chapters is that we make the choice to either be a great teacher or not. We can reap good ideas from successful educators. We all know who the effective teachers are in our environment. As a teacher I liked looking at that persons character, their love of learning and respect that they have for their posititon. Hook up with these people take their advice, bend it to fit your personality and use it in your classroom.
2. As educators we should be flexible...seeing great teachers do what they do (because they do it well) is a way to get good ideas...it is motivation and a moral boost if you need to get out of a hole.
3. You get a feeling about a place...if a classroom/school is run with the upmost care, support, hardwork, determination and skill it is noticed. If the teachers and staff are caring, concerned and on top of things...it is noticeable. On the flipside, if a school or classroom is unmanaged, unorganized, uncaring it will also get recognition...but in a sense of not being great. You have to have consistency or you will loose the students, parents and your community.
4. Poor. Basically it is the person, not the program/material. It is how things are presented. If you have the most boring subject in the world to present if you are a good speaker you will be successful in keeping your audiences attention. "It is always about the people." "Programs are never the solution, and they are never the problem." "