CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: Feeling Great

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FINAL BLOG POST - OUR "DAILY TRIPLE" (DUE 12/1).

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

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?

Sunday, October 4, 2009

Feeling Great

A student I taught last year in the alternative school came to the school Thursday. I was in a faculty meeting for over an hour. One of the security personnel informed me that someone was waiting to see me and it was one of my former students who exited last year. He came and embrace me and was thanking me for the help that I and many others have given him and put him on the right path. Now he has passed the graduation test and already has been embraced by the fraternity Alpha Kappa Alpha at Morehouse College. The job is tedious sometime but that is when I realize thank GOD, that what makes my job worthwhile. Thank you for that question it was on time.

2 comments:

Scott said...: Keep up the good work and stay safe!!; October 4, 2009 at 7:38:00 PM EDT
NATE said...: I have had several student return to the school or i see them arounf town as well. Knowing that you have been throught the same things that they have been through really helps them know that we have been down the same road that they are on now. I try to teach them life lessons as well as public safety. Being a teach and mentor is a great thing.; October 4, 2009 at 8:36:00 PM EDT