Seth
Godin describes the difference between difficult work and hard work in his book
Free Prize Inside.
Hard
work is about the process.
Difficult
work
is about the innovation.
Hard |
Difficult |
Designing comprehensive standards based lesson plans |
Deciding what the student needs isn't in the curriculum or the standards and then doing something about it |
Taking time to attend grade level meetings |
Having meaningful, challenging, questioning conversations about student needs and teaching behaviors |
Using technology |
Convincing your peers it is necessary element that should be embedded across the curriculum. |
Teaching students |
Getting students to take accountability for their own learning |
Teaching students the right answer |
Teaching students to figure out the right question |
Letting the principal do all the leadership |
Taking responsibility to become a leader |
Teaching with the curriculum and materials you are given |
Creating the curriculum and materials students need and sharing it with others |
Coming up with great ideas and solutions |
Being brave enough to take the lead to implement those ideas and solutions |
Teaching 30 students in the classroom |
Tearing down the wall and teaching 30 students online |
Process, skill, best practices, implement |
Insight, guts, empathy, innovation, challenge |
Hard work can be done poorly |
Difficult work can be skipped all together |
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