Conversations
Photo Credit Invariably, at the heart of what we do as educators is our ability to manage, maintain, and foster relationships. Without relationships that are open, trusting, and safe, no one learns. And I mean, NO ONE. No student or adult can learn if they don't have a positive relationship with the person sharing knowledge. Think about conferences you have attended. Do you often find yourself sizing up the facilitator in the first couple of minutes and deciding if they have anything to teach you or not? I will never forget a week-long training I was attending. Day 1, the presenter shared some statistics. One of my table-mates decided to Google the stats that were shared and found some discrepancies between what the facilitator said and what was presented in the original study from which the statistics came from. Oops. There went that facilitator's credibility and that was a week of wasted time. So now think about all of ...