This essay focuses on graduate education programs. Says Sinek, “More data doesn’t always help, especially if a flawed assumption set the whole

graduate education programs

Many teachers I work with in schools and in graduate education programs tell me that they are stressed by viewing their students as data points to be incentivized instead of individuals to be engaged. Says Sinek, “More data doesn’t always help, especially if a flawed assumption set the whole process in motion in the first place.”

14 These teachers want to see their students as the unique individuals they are. Teachers want to return to their original passion for teaching, their WHY, to make a difference and lasting impact in children’s lives. And, I would add, they really do want to teach to develop talent. The Difference of Beginning With WHY Let’s look at the Golden Circles of two schools. ? I already told you: We do it to graduate students who are college, career, and citizenship ready. This  (as demonstrated by standardized test scores).

School #1 has confused

the short term (WHAT we do) with the long-term WHY (our overarching goal or purpose for existing). Their “HOW we do it” markets well to the education consumer, but it’s. This is an expensive moving target that is stressful to maintain, further distracting them from reclaiming their original intrinsic motivation, inspiration—their WHY. Having a focus on WHAT we do rather than WHY we do it limits our impact. Says Sinek, “When an organization defines itself by WHAT it does, that’s all it will be able to do.”

15 Contrast this with School

#2 that operates from the inside out, starting with their. This overarching purpose, their WHY. • WHY we exist. This  We motivate and engage tomorrow’s innovators today. • HOW we do it: We teach to develop talent, creating and assessing talenttargeted. It  instructional goals to develop students’ individual aptitudes and content expertise. 6 Teach to Develop Talent • WHAT we do: We graduate creative problem solvers who understand and can use their unique talents in useful, beneficial, and innovative ways as productive members of society.