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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?

Monday, February 3, 2014

Rewards and Challenges

Well, the only way for me to imagine the most rewarding and most difficult part of being a counselor is to imagine myself as a counselor (a role I do play in class from time to time). The most rewarding part for me would be similar to that of mine as a teacher, the success of the student. That success could only be measured by the student of course, whether it be success in a career, college, or life. The most difficult part of the job would be giving the students guidance that are troubled with abusiveness in the home, students without a home or family, and the students that are dealing with a loss of a family member. I could not even begin to know the weight the counselors took on in the schools that have endeavored during these atrocities that have taken place in recent years. In all I do believe the counselors do carry a heavy load and are a vital part of a healthy school. Without the aid of the counseling dept. the tasks of a teacher would be even more cumbersome and stressful.

1 comment:

chris said...

i am the same way Trent, to see a change in a kid or to know you made a difference is the greatest reward there is. My post was very much the same as yours in regard to rewards and challenges. The responsibility to give guidance to an abused child would break my heart.