After watching Simon Sinek’s TED Talk “How Great Leaders Inspire Action”, I started looking at different aspects of my life, including my teaching, in a whole new way using his Golden Circle. Instead of starting with What? or How?, start by asking asking Why? This year three brand new teachers joined our department, all starting with that old basic Algebra 1. Seeing them struggling long hours to put together effective lesson plans and tests, I again began to wonder Why? This Algebra 1 Starter