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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?

Saturday, February 1, 2014

Changed Impressions

The one thing that I read from the material that I really didn't think about was that secondary counselors are preparing the students into adult life. The quote which really made me thing about that is, "High school is the final transition into adulthood and the world of work as students begin separating from parents and exploring and defining their independence." With all the issues that teens have to deal with it, it really sunk in that yes, this is the final source of guidance outside of their families to prepare them for adult life. If they don't have the family support at home, I can see how much more of a challenge a counselors job can be. One thing that I mentioned in my post about what do I believe counselors do on a daily basis, a quote sums up everything that I thought believed they do. "This mission is accomplished through the design, development, implementation, and evaluation, of a comprehensive, developmental and systematic, school-counseling program." When I look at that quote, I immediately thought, that's a lot to deal with one student, however if you have the students with the last name of A-D, that is a lot of students to deal with! Even though I don't come into contact with a lot of counselors during the day, I know now that they definitely have a lot on their plate to deal with. I just wish that a lot more people knew the information that we know about them, as well as the workload for teachers.

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