This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tuesday, March 11, 2008
Loving it!
This past year as a new teacher has been an incredible journey. I have learned so much!!! such as acronyms in education are different from those in nursing. The paperwork is about the same, tons of it!! The thing I have learned the most is that I'm truly loving the students. Yes some of them can be knuckleheads and drive you nuts, but overall it has been a great year. I have learned the students will rise up to a challenge. We are having a medical terminology spelling bee. We opened it up to the school and have had several students sign up. We are excited. When I was an educator in nursing I would always tell my students that everyday should be filled with learning opportunities. If at the end of the day you could not answer the question, What have learned today? , you have missed out! Teaching is the same way.
The spelling bee is a great idea! That idea makes me wonder if I could do some type of construction related competition. Your idea just wrote a lesson plan for me!
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Esther
ReplyDeleteI am so happy for you. I am glad your first year turned out to be successful. From what I hear, some of the other nursing teachers did not have the same type of year. Best of luck to you next year and the years to come.
Esther,
ReplyDeleteThe spelling bee is an awesome idea! You know, you might be able to start something here. We (meaning all of us HSTE people) could hold school spelling bees and then challenge each other by county and then go to state. Between all of us in NTI, we could probably get this organized. What do you think?
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ReplyDeleteI am not at all surprised that you enjoy teaching. With all my experience, one year at the time I met you, I could tell you had what it took to be a good teacher. Patience and quiet confidence are the qualities that come to mind. The terminology and paperwork are two things I remember struggling with most as well. I'm sure more than you did.
Esther this sounds great! We do need to see about our schools competing with each other. We could start with Henry Co and then branch out like Julie suggested.
ReplyDeleteBy the way, I've already mentioned this to some of my students and they are eager to "bring it on." Ha! Ha! And one of my students knows someone from Woodland and she was telling them about the Spelling Bee.
So, see, you are famous!