How do you determine a champion when the game is education?
There is no finish line.
There is no record to break.
There is no rival to defeat.
Our kind of champion emerges through a daily quest for excellence.
We deliver through perseverance,
grit,
determination.
We still win
but our victories look a little different.
A champion is one who is steadfast and persistent.
Someone who doesn’t give up even where’s turmoil, when there’s obstacles,
someone who keeps on going for the sake of the end result.
A champion is never satisfied with that success and continues building on it.
Who can teach
what they learned
to someone else
to develop another champion.
A champion is someone that has incredible passion,
incredible joy for what they do,
and they strive for excellence in their craft.
Putting all of your energy and being creative,
critical thinking,
always thinking of others.
No matter what the adversity is, you just keeping pushing and you keep going until you cross the finish line.
And just never give up.
No matter what, you make it happen.
Never look outside of yourself to find the leader.
You might not even consider yourself as a champion,
people look at you differently than maybe you look at yourself.
Sometimes we have ideas, things that we want to do
but we’re afraid of failure or we’re afraid maybe what people will think.
And I think it’s important just to go for it, pursue it, and
sometimes when we do that we feel really rewarded and we say
“Yeah, you know I’m glad that I did this.”
Just keep doing what you do
educating the students
and they become winners.
Be that role model for them
a mentor in some cases
a leader, one who guides, one who provides, and so many other ways.
Be yourself.
A champion is not necessarily somebody who wins
they’re somebody who may stand in the backdrop of someone’s life
who is a good coach, who gets that child to where they want to be, where they strive to be.
Regardless of the cliché I really think we’re changing the world
here at Eastfield College in the world of education on a daily basis.
We make a difference in the lives of so many of our students
but we are constantly, constantly reaching that finish line.
When I hear “take the lead”, I think of push the boundaries,
look beyond what we’re doing now, be innovative, be unique, be creative.
Take the lead by paying attention to every one of your students
and make every one of them successful.
Taking the lead means going over and beyond
They’re very, very powerful and I want them to feel good about what they’re doing
but I want them to know that they are, they are helping others reach that finish line and
take on many many gold medals.
Motivates me to continue to move forward
to say what a privilege, every morning when I wake up I say
I get to go to work today and do this.
How great is that.
Well today in the Performance Hall this is your day – a full bumper crop of new leaders
new heroes are going to be announced, and this is your day - welcome to the club, baby.
Champions never give up
Champions never make excuses
Champions take the lead
Who’s moment is it?