Teaching is the directed and guiding role in learning. The teacher provides the information, stimulus, and stage for learning. The teacher must always know the "audience" or students. If and when the students become ready for additional empowerment, the teacher will adjust to playing the role of facilitator. An educational instruction designer provides the framework for learning depending on the audience. There is a progression of roles from teacher to facilitator to instruction designer. Both the goal and driving force is empowerment of the student. As one progresses from teacher to facilitator, the teacher has learned that the students are ready for more power so the teacher self-adjusts to facilitator. When students are ready for yet even more power in their own learning, the teacher learns to further adjust to becoming instruction designer. There is a constant balance between the leader's role where the leader unselfishly empowers students without losing control or progress.
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