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Article: The day I was very wrong: A lesson in professional learning communities
- Article from:
- Journal of Staff Development
- Article date:
- July 1, 2005
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CopyrightCopyright National Staff Development Council Summer 2005. Provided by ProQuest LLC. (Hide copyright information)
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I am an outstanding teacher. Period. End of conversation. My college professors told me that I was, my students over the past 12 years have told me that I was, and my administrators have told me that I was. Who am I to argue?
And if you haven't already figured it out, I struggle with humility. I like being good at what I do, and I feel that I've earned the right to be confident - all right, confident times 10 - because of the time and energy that I have invested in my own professional growth. The countless hours of reading and reflecting have given me the unique ability to be right about 99% of the time when it comes to professional decisions.
But I was wrong the other day - incredibly ...