 Teaching is a craft. It's both an art and a science and it can't be accomplished by following a recipe. There is no guidebook or instruction manual or how-to video for how to be a great teacher. There is no secret formula or codified list of best practices that will guarantee success in your classroom. This craft of teaching is often messy and confusing. You doubt yourself. You get frustrated. You make mistakes. Tons of them. An improvement is painfully slow. And yet, that's the beauty of it. You get to explore like an astronaut. You get to experiment like a scientist. You get to design like an engineer. You get to compose like a musician. And you get to create like an artist. There's no point where you have arrived. As a creative teacher, you're always exploring. You're always experimenting. You're always innovating. But that's what makes the journey so amazing.