Reigniting our Purpose as Teachers. A chance to reconnect with our deeply held beliefs and values, to recalibrate and reset for the new challenges ahead. In teaching, our mental space is often taken up with the tasks we must perform: Planning lessons, attending to students’ needs, grading, responding to emergencies… so it becomes easy to lose sight of our Why. We sometimes feel burned out and the reason might be that when the go-go-go of our professional responsibilities accumulate, we can find our beliefs and our actions running in different directions.
This workshop is designed for those brave teachers who seize the chance to reflect on and clearly articulate the meaning and purpose behind our teaching practices. It is an opportunity to reflect as a community, to take a moment to re-evaluate what we are doing and why we are doing it.
It is an invitation to think deeply about our personal mission statement by analyzing our IKIGAI, the Japanese concept for our “reason for being” and by paying attention to and aligning our six critical dimensions: Capability, Credibility, Connectivity, Contemplation, Compassion and Companions.Let’s find the power of reconnecting with our purpose which is embodied in ideal moments and serves as a touchstone in difficult times, helping us to stay on mission rather than losing ourselves in the weeds.

Biodata:

María Belén González M. is a teacher of English (Instituto Olga Cossettini, Rosario) and holds a bachelor degree in Educational Sciences (Universidad Católica de La Plata). She has post graduate studies on school management and leadership (Harvard University).
She has run organizations and led successful projects in schools, foundations, universities and language schools. For more than twenty years she has delivered training courses and given talks in congresses for teachers and principals. She is the founder and director of Becomers, an educational consultancy firm devoted to helping school leaders transform themselves and their schools into their best version. She has worked as educational consultant for numerous private institutions both in Argentina and abroad.
She is cowriter of the book on education “Un Giro Copernicano a la Educación” (Ediciones Rima. 2019).