CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: "Changed Impressions"

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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?"

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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?"

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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?

Saturday, January 29, 2011

"Changed Impressions"

OK, as I sat here reading all of the required materials, I realized that my impressions have not changed. I knew the guidance counselors were important;however, what did change for me was the realization of just how much the counselors were able to do for the students. I never knew of all the "jobs" a counselor could be in charge of doing day to day. The guidance counselors job has grown tremendously from the 20th century. Four words that I found in the reading that really described a guidance counselor were: Facilitating, Leadership, Advocate, and Collaboration. The piece of material that really helped me understand the guidance counselors "job" was the FIVE pages of Model Guidance and Counseling High School Plan. Our adolescents do face challenges that impact academic achievement. So I know that the job of a Guidance Counselor is not to be taken lightly.

1 comment:

Kevin D said...: I agree with you, the role of a counselor has really grown. In a school with a lot of social-economical challenges like my school, the task seems impossible. They have to add social worker, "parent" and probation officer to the list to give a better representation of their duties.; January 30, 2011 at 8:23:00 PM EST