“Teacher Leader”

Ready to Be an Advocate? Me?

There is one key word that comes to mind, again, when thinking about what decides who can take on that role as an advocate. That word is passion. If someone, young teachers included, have the right passion to fuel their speech than I believe that it is possible to become that advocate. Teachers are the closest to the students, they are the ones who hear first hand the problems that matter to the students. In return I feel as though we owe them to report their problems in a way that will help them find solutions. Checking off the box of “Wishing you had an impact beyond your classroom”, you have started yourself on the road of being a “teacher leader”. There is nothing within either of the articles presented that demand there must be “X” amount of years in order to be an expert and be “allowed” to speak out. The most important element here is finding that passion that fuels you to venture outside of your comfort zone, outside of your classroom.

The bottom line is that there SHOULD be no age gap on whether or not someone could be an advocate. The ONLY “requirement” should be the WANT and the DRIVE to make things happen!