Personal presence, not presentations, recruits hesitant teachers to new programs.

Evidence

One of the big tricks is: Just show up. More often than not, it’s the chance conversation in the hallway or the visit to the teaching intern that leads toa blossoming of interest in the program among new teachers. And your presence shows that you are committed to the project and willing to work hard to involve others. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education, 93

Categorization

• QUESTION: Does ‘just show up’ transfer beyond teacher recruitment to community and student engagement?
• XREF: connects to: Reformers should ignore entrenched resisters and court hesitant but recruitable teachers. — David Sobel, Place-Based Education: Connecting…, 93; Liberating educators dialogue with people rather than explain action to them — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 127

Related

• Reformers should ignore entrenched resisters and court hesitant but recruitable teachers. (similarity 0.86)

Broader Connections

• Liberating educators dialogue with people rather than explain action to them #exemplifies (0.85) — Paulo Freire, Pedagogy of the Oppressed, 127