If you have climbed the Castle of the Feathered Serpent – the Mayan temple at Chichen Itza – you will know it has 365 steps. There are four stairways, each one with 91 steps, and the single step to the temple of Kukulkan. Some believe this total value has dictated our calendar.
At this end of the school year, I am sure the prospect of climbing 365 steps would fill any exhausted teacher with horror. I want to suggest using four stairways, but with just four steps each. I use this model very successfully with learners but teachers are learners too. Its principles apply just the same. So, to reach enlightenment, let’s ascend my four stairways and the 16 skills they represent.
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