The Pressing Question

Ours is a world filled with unprecedented amounts of entertainment, individualization, and instant gratification -- all of which can overshadow the timeless goodness of learning and growth. For many secondary students, school feels like a chore—uninteresting, irrelevant, even soul-draining.

I'm not being pessimistic here -- them's just the facts.

Folks who are committed to working in education, then, are faced with a daunting question: How do we help students to genuinely value the work of learning and its delicious, powerful fruits—especially when everything else in their world seems more important, interesting, or fun?

The Core Problem

When students don’t Value what they’re learning, they're basically the Tin Man: prone to rust and inaction, and even when they're moving it lacks heart and power. (And it's not just students who suffer when Value is missing; just watch your colleagues' demeanors at the next PD that's perceived as Value-less.)

What I'm describing is a human problem -- and us human teachers can get real disheartened, frustrated, and exhausted when we encounter Value's absence in the hearts of our students.

It's lose-lose-lose. Our students suffer. We suffer. And families do, too.

It's pain all around.

The Human Solution

In the Value Belief Mini-Course, you’ll discover a practical, evidence-informed set of tools that help students see why the work of learning matters. By the end, you’ll feel clearer, calmer, and more confident in creating a classroom culture where learning is seen as genuinely worthwhile—not just a means to an end.

And as you put these things into practice, just remember: I'll be doing the same in my classroom, too.

Teaching right beside you,

DSJR