Teachers are Coaches and Cheer Leaders

A response to the Your Metaphor Activity
created by Melissa Chadwick (@mchadwick)

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Teachers are coaches and cheerleaders. I sat down and I drew for this exercise as instructed. I tried to draw a coach watching a team – sorry for the sports analogy.
We support and grow. I want my students to be successful. Sometimes though I feel we also learn from our failures more than our successes. But I am not going to change my teaching style – I want success, and when student “win” we all win!
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