CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: IN-SERVICE Day

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This week I would like you to use your imagination. You have just won the lottery and will leave your teaching post immediately to travel around the world. As you leave your keys you meet your replacement. You are asked to give this new teacher just ONE piece of advice. What would that be, and why? Enjoy your world expedition!

Blog Post - Week 7

This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6

For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5

This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4

Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 3

Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 2

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Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1

Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?

Friday, October 26, 2007

IN-SERVICE Day

Part of the day will be spent in a Faculty meeting. Another portion will be spent at a curriculum mapping workshop. We are having to enter our lesson plans onto a data base so all the teachers in the county can access them. Just another something for us to do. I don't mind sharing ideas but all the extra work is too much. I'm finding that I need to change strategies periodically in order to keep order. I'm going to have to implement a mandatory cleaning rule for my shop. If you don't help clean then you loose your 20 participation points for the day. The majority of my kids hate cleaning up. Sometimes I don't mind because it's exciting to see them so involved in their work that they don't want to stop until the bell rings. But other times a particular portion of the project may require a lot of tools as well as requiring that a bigger mess be made in order to accomplish what needs to be done. Sometimes they just don't want to clean. But as I'm finding out, every time I analyze a problem thoroughly and come up with a real good solution it just makes things a whole lot easier in turn making this job that much more fun! Thanks NTI!

2 comments:

Julie J. said...: That's interesting that they are having you share lesson plans with the county. How do you feel about that? That is a lot of extra work but I can see trade-offs both ways. For some courses, the state dept. pays you for developing lesson plans and adding them to their database. That's a pretty lengthy approval process from what I've heard though.; October 26, 2007 at 8:43:00 AM EDT
Connie said...: Hi Dwayne,
Wow! Yes, that does sound like a lot of work. But, you know, I bet that will really be nice to share lesson plans. I'm sure it will be a daunting task at first, but it might really be beneficial to everyone in the long run.

And, yes, I agree with you about the students cleaning up. No matter how much they are enjoying their assignment, they should ALWAYS include clean up time too. It's not fair to the other students who come in for the next class to have the place a mess. And not fair to you to have to do all the cleaning either.

Enjoy your weekend! You've earned a rest!
Connie; October 26, 2007 at 6:48:00 PM EDT