Becoming Tomorrow's Leaders

This past Saturday night, I completed a 3 year commitment. My journey ended with me sitting in the stands of an indoor basketball court with approximately 1,500 people. We were all proud friends and family that were there to celebrate the graduation of the 325 high school students, dressed in their school's colors of purple caps and gowns, seated on the center court below us.

In today's challenging public school environment, teachers may constantly be searching for new innovations to inspire and motivate students to give their best.

Almost 100% of the time teachers go into their profession because they have a passion to be teachers and educate young people. They earned this right to teach our children by spending 4 years or more learning their "subject of choice" to teach.

A teacher is of course an educator, the provider of knowledge. Most teachers have a passion for what they teach...being it Math, English, Science, Sports or the Arts.

In today's super fast technological environment, students need creative methods of teaching to get and maintain their attention.

With high school students being hi-tech savvy, watching TV while text messaging or carrying on a conversation on their cell phones while checking their Face Book page... their minds are now geared to juggling 3 or 4 tasks at the same time! So it's no small wonder that maintaining their attention in the traditional class room setting and methodology is a challenge to both teacher and student in the learning process.