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Ask a class a question and count how long you wait before you answer it yourself. Most of us manage about a second.
Everything good in a lesson lives in the few seconds after that, and the urge to fill them is almost impossible to resist. Silence in a room full of students feels like something going wrong, particularly when you are new, or tired, or being observed. So we rescue it. And the room learns to wait for us instead of thinking.
The Power of Pause is about what happens when you stop doing that.
It is a short course on presence and reflection for educators and leaders. Not a teaching philosophy, and not another framework to memorize. Three ideas you can try in your next class.
Who it is for
Teachers at any stage, school and district leaders, mentors, and anyone who runs a room and has caught themselves talking to fill a gap. No outdoor or experiential background needed.
What is included
One video lesson: a welcome, three core lessons and a closing wrap-up. The Pause Practice Guide, a companion workbook built to go straight into the classroom. A Certificate of Completion recognizing approximately one hour of professional learning.
Fifty to sixty minutes in total, video and workbook combined. Self-paced, and yours to keep and come back to.
Court Rustemeyer is an outdoor educator with the Calgary Board of Education, author of Mentorship in the Wild, and a National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow.
Ask a class a question and count how long you wait before you answer it yourself. Most of us manage about a second.
Everything good in a lesson lives in the few seconds after that, and the urge to fill them is almost impossible to resist. Silence in a room full of students feels like something going wrong, particularly when you are new, or tired, or being observed. So we rescue it. And the room learns to wait for us instead of thinking.
The Power of Pause is about what happens when you stop doing that.
It is a short course on presence and reflection for educators and leaders. Not a teaching philosophy, and not another framework to memorize. Three ideas you can try in your next class.
Who it is for
Teachers at any stage, school and district leaders, mentors, and anyone who runs a room and has caught themselves talking to fill a gap. No outdoor or experiential background needed.
What is included
One video lesson: a welcome, three core lessons and a closing wrap-up. The Pause Practice Guide, a companion workbook built to go straight into the classroom. A Certificate of Completion recognizing approximately one hour of professional learning.
Fifty to sixty minutes in total, video and workbook combined. Self-paced, and yours to keep and come back to.
Court Rustemeyer is an outdoor educator with the Calgary Board of Education, author of Mentorship in the Wild, and a National Geographic Grosvenor Teacher Fellow.