What does growing edge mean

Recently, I made a decision about two teachers. I created a method for one to train the other. The man being trained had already stepped deeper into this area of his job.

However, I felt a need for him to obtain further guidance. The trainee felt he was being demoted. The trainer took over more and trained less. The trainer could benefit from some growth in the area of control. The conflict exposed an area of growth for both of them. The conflict created was not a major issue. We should constantly be creeping forward in our capacities as educators. But there is also a distinction. If you read the passage, having a growing edge means that our currently used resources, such as personal learning networks and professional texts, may allow us to grow only so much.

What it means to me is we have to tap into maybe our greatest source of knowledge as practitioners: Our students. So instead of just moving forward, a growing edge might also suggest a more recursive learning pathway — one where we come back to where we started and consider both our achievements and our growth. It will not only help us determine the impact of our instruction on student learning, but also lead us to reflect on our own practice and help us improve as a result.

Like the lit lamppost at night that also offers a shadow during the day, we have to work smarter and explore the multiple ways our daily work can benefit everyone in the learning community, student and teacher. Matt Renwick is an year public educator who began as a 5th and 6th-grade teacher in Rudolph, WI. This can be easier than you might expect.

The point is that I am growing in this area. You may have an area like this, too. So what you need to do is develop a list of things you can do during a stressful time to keep your new habit going. My ways to avoid caffeine include not having it in the house, keeping plenty of decaf soda cold, and drinking more milk.

I love milk, so this is not a hardship. When I get a caffeine craving I have a glass of milk. The mind and the brain naturally seek to settle and integrate negativity. Ahh…that feels good. Growth edges turn up every day at home, in teams, organizations, systems and cultures. A perspective offered by Greek Stoics was to view the obstacle as the way.

What that means for coaching and self-coaching? The growth edges are the way. And, the potency of their agitation is their way of showing us our growth priorities. Skip to main content.