I have just found out that just up the road, Chattanooga tech (U of Tenn) has motorcycle and marine classes ( I teach these as well). I have sent 5 kids off to college last year with scholarships I helped them earn into Nashville and Daytona. This will be a big relief for a lot of my parents and students who didn't exactly want to move off. I had this technical school head come down and be a guest speaker and he mentioned that I have been teaching the same stuff they teach so we are embarking into an articulation agreement with this school. I took a professional leave day for Monday to go up and check the place out and iron out some things.
Friday, I'm getting impatient about not finding a sub yet because I don't know if my professional day has been approved yet. I put this in over 3 weeks ago, come to find out it had made it all the way through the principal, department head, and landed on my CTAE directors desk where it hasn't moved. When I called her, she didn't seem too pleased about it but went ahead and approved it. She came from a college system to work her current job, and she almost immediately set up a mandatory articulation agreement meeting with her former college and suggested we send all the student we can into this school. She also praised and praised articulation agreements. Could I have stepped on her toes by trying to help my students? Or did I simply pee in her cereal because I wanted to articulate with another school other than her former one? What do you think?
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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?"
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Please write a post about the following question, " In thinking about my teaching activities this past week, of what do I feel most proud? Why?"
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?
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I was informed last week that the state no longer wants us to articulate with the tech schools. I was sending my 3rd year students to a local tech school so they could receive certification (I'm not industry certified yet) and I have found out that we cannot do that next year.
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