A teacher is a
keeper only if she/he accepts that responsibility and
concentrates on the future, thus reading and reflecting on cause
and effect relationships, and continually asking questions about
the relevancy and applicability of what he/she is teaching.
A keeper is one who makes a concerted effort to stay in touch
with reality, and what is going on in the rest of the world, and
adapts his/her teaching and curriculum accordingly.
All teachers
affect the future to some extent, whether positively or
negatively. Keepers are intentionally aware and focused on how
what they do will affect children's' abilities to live, work,
grow, and flourish in a time to come. The differences can be
rather profound as keepers are not just delivering instruction
and content, they are continually aware that they have really
big responsibilities in how the world is shaped. They accept the
"keeper" title with reverence, awareness, and great
seriousness.
It is also okay
to just to want to be a teacher. But, as we are living in an
accelerated pace, the world is beginning to need more keepers.
Tests, tests, and more tests:
Here are an array of
samples of personality and learning styles test on the web.
There are others listed on my related links pages.
Archetypes - Explore this page and see if any of
the archetypes conforms to your idea of who you
really are.
Keirsey Temperament Sorter -
Take the on-line
version of the Keirsey Test � There is also a more
complete version in the book
Please understand me that will be give you more
detail and also allow you to see the frequencies of
your answers. You may wish to borrow this book from
someone or from our library to see how your
designations compare to the shorter version online.
Kingdomality - Who are you in the kingdom? When
you take the hard copy of the archetype test, see
any similarities?
VARK modality preference test - What sensory
modalities do you prefer?
ILS test � A learning styles inventory.
PLST - A nice site and a great test -- take it
in accordance to the directions and restrictions.
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What
is a keeper of the future?