A new...
course to encourage (force) me to return to this blog.
job title and responsibilities.
school year and already starting the second quarter.
2013 ends in less 3 months. Strange because it just started. But then, this whole year has been strange. An earlier blog was about the ending of my teaching career (at least for the short term). People have asked me for the last 12 or so weeks if I miss teaching, if I like my new job. No and yes (and no). I don't miss teaching and I feel guilty about that sometimes. It was my whole life, my passion, my greatest joy in forming connections with students. And maybe that is one of the reasons I don't miss it...I am discovering new passions and I have time now, without the constant grading and planning, to find a life apart from my job. And for my new position, Instructional Coach...I love it, except when I hate it. So many new challenges, no two days are every the same, working with new people, seeing a different perspective on education, no grading. But more responsibility, more visibility, more unknowns, having to make it through a first-year again.
In another blog, I wrote about the overwhelming number of full-time jobs I had...that hasn't really changed, but the summer did give me some perspective and the ability to set my own schedule (for the most part) is freeing. And starting this week, I'm adding another task...taking a course called "Technology Integration 101". This week's reflection is a chance to look forward...what do I hope to get out of this class, what do I think I can share with others during it. The Pre-course survey asked a fascinating question..."Do you have a current, written philosophy of education?" THAT is what I want to get out of this class...structure, resources, time and a forum to think about teaching and how technology has, needs to, and must change our approach to and goals for reaching students. And then of course, since my current group of students really happens to be an entire corporation of teachers, K-12, I want to figure out how to teach them to ask the same question and to develop their own answer and confidence to embrace a philosophy of education that fits the reality of our world today.
Looking forward to the journey.
job title and responsibilities.
school year and already starting the second quarter.
2013 ends in less 3 months. Strange because it just started. But then, this whole year has been strange. An earlier blog was about the ending of my teaching career (at least for the short term). People have asked me for the last 12 or so weeks if I miss teaching, if I like my new job. No and yes (and no). I don't miss teaching and I feel guilty about that sometimes. It was my whole life, my passion, my greatest joy in forming connections with students. And maybe that is one of the reasons I don't miss it...I am discovering new passions and I have time now, without the constant grading and planning, to find a life apart from my job. And for my new position, Instructional Coach...I love it, except when I hate it. So many new challenges, no two days are every the same, working with new people, seeing a different perspective on education, no grading. But more responsibility, more visibility, more unknowns, having to make it through a first-year again.
In another blog, I wrote about the overwhelming number of full-time jobs I had...that hasn't really changed, but the summer did give me some perspective and the ability to set my own schedule (for the most part) is freeing. And starting this week, I'm adding another task...taking a course called "Technology Integration 101". This week's reflection is a chance to look forward...what do I hope to get out of this class, what do I think I can share with others during it. The Pre-course survey asked a fascinating question..."Do you have a current, written philosophy of education?" THAT is what I want to get out of this class...structure, resources, time and a forum to think about teaching and how technology has, needs to, and must change our approach to and goals for reaching students. And then of course, since my current group of students really happens to be an entire corporation of teachers, K-12, I want to figure out how to teach them to ask the same question and to develop their own answer and confidence to embrace a philosophy of education that fits the reality of our world today.
Looking forward to the journey.