Sharpen The Saw

May 26, 2007 Joel Wagner Personal 0

In his book, The Seven Habits of Highly Effective People, Stephen Covey refers to Habit #7 as “Sharpen The Saw.” As teachers, the summer vacation offers us a structured time to do just that.

Here is a list of some things that I intend to do with myself this summer:

Move to my new office
Reread The Seven Habits Of Highly Effective People
Reread How To Win Friends And Influence People
Read Getting Things Done (GTD)
Make lists of what worked this year and what didn’t work
Revise my educational philosophy accordingly
Revise my band handbook
Set up a website for my band
Add lots of cool content to the website
Write an ebook
Post to this blog DAILY

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Joel Wagner (@sywtt) began teaching band in 2002. Though he had a lot of information, his classes were out of control. He found himself tired, frustrated, disrespected by students, lonely, and on the brink of quitting. He had had enough. He resigned from his school district right before spring break of his second year and made it his personal mission to learn to be a great teacher. So You Want To Teach? is the ongoing story of that quest for educational excellence.

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