What Will Your Student/Athletes Say About You? What Is Your Legacy?
During our 2 week professional development leading into the new school year, we had an inspirational speaker come in to talk to us about maintaining our well-being as teachers and living 'our best life' so that we are able to give our students and athletes our A-game every day. Early in his lecture, he brought up this scenario: "Imagine, 20-30 years from now, a few of your former students or former athletes are sitting around at a bar, or a coffee shop, or a birthday party. Do they even remember you? Do they mention you? And if you are brought up in conversation, what would you want them to say about you and their time with you?" As speaker Alex Saenz then told us that morning, every day you are on stage for your legacy. We are living, every day, our legacy. What legacy are you living? What legacy are you leaving to the one's you serve and lead? He also stated that we all build a reputation and that your students and your peers not...