Creativity happens when people take risks with innovation, problem solving, and actions. If creativity is encouraged in schools, then the leader’s job is to create the conditions where it can happen.
The key question is though what are these conditions?
In an effort to understand the students we serve and the role of teachers in creating spaces where learning can happen, we created a list of what we believed these conditions were:
- Knowing our learners (creating learning plans)
- Creating a safe community of learners
- Having something meaningful for students to learn about
- As teachers we have to have a deep understanding of the content, the learner and instructional practices
- The notion of teacher as learner and actually doing the risk taking, being open to make mistakes
Can you think of any further?
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