Serving As a Teacher

By: Steve Ridley

I like to encourage sincere TCC students from my classes to spend time with other Denver area teachers, either by taking their classes or arranging to visit and sit in on a few lessons with a variety of teachers. I especially recommend this for those considering enrollment in a teacher training program. In this way, their knowledge of TCC is expanded and made more comprehensive. I differ with teachers who tend to expect that their students will become confused by associating with a number of other instructors. Each teacher has something unique and useful to impart, and I am very aware that my students are not “my students.”

Originally appeared in: March 1994