I am going to be working on this thought over the weekend, but I wanted to share it with you, my loyal readers, to get your thoughts. I am interested in knowing what the layers of needs would compose the PlansForUs Hierarchy of Teacher’s Needs. I began to ponder this on my walk home after a thought provoking discussion with Tom Hatch of Columbia Teachers College that I was privileged to have this week.

The fact is that there may be a myriad of different Hierarchy of Needs due to the variety of  educational contexts that teacher are faced with on a daily basis. Having said that, I want to be crass and un-nuanced and try to come up with a few generalizations. I am particularly interested in your own theories of what these needs may be.

Now, should you choose not to participate, fear not, as I will provide my theory to you regardless of your participation. Below you will find Maslow’s Hierarchy of Needs (image is from WikiMedia); have a great weekend and I look forward to your thoughts. (FYI-I did a Google search on”Maslow’s Hierarchy of Teacher’s Needs” and came up with nothing…we’re breaking new ground here folks)

by Tyler, CEO