International events
The
2009 Biennial International Great Teachers Leadership Colloquium (BIGTLC) was held at the
Annapolis Basin Conference Center in
Cornwallis, Nova
Scotia June 15-19, 2009 and was not only informative, but served as an
opportunity for personal and professional reflection. The
weather was fantastic and great food and fellowship were in abundance...
The 2011 BIGTLC will tentatively be held in Medora, North Dakota.
about the ngtm...
"The Great Teachers Movement is called a 'movement' because it is not associated with, nor does it constitute a corporation or an organization of any kind. Thus, it serves no institutional or commercial interests. There is no headquarters or address, and there are no officials, owners, employees or politics. There' are no manuals or handbooks, only a few simple guidelines... Everything is passed on by oral tradition in order to prevent the development of any form of true-believership or fixed procedure which might come to be followed to the letter and of which the educational profession would soon tire. The many annual Great Teachers Seminars throughout North America exist and persist only because of the initiative and selfless ambition of people who want to share the experience with teachers in their own geographic area."
David B.
Gottshall, College of DuPage
(retired)
Excerpt from
The History & Nature of the Great Teachers Movement (1993)
about this web site
The National Great Teachers web site was created by Steve Smith (North Carolina) following discussions at the 2001 West, Texas National Colloquium where the idea of a "web connection" to keep Great Teachers leaders in touch with each other was suggested. Currently, this site is sponsored by David Gottshall and is managed by EmptyBowl.
