CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: Surprised and Unexpectedly Happy-Tawanna

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Monday, November 10, 2014

Surprised and Unexpectedly Happy-Tawanna

As I begin my fourth week in the classroom, my To-Do-List is looking better. I promised myself that I was not going to get overwhelmed with things that need to get done. My storage room have been a dumping ground for everything. I committed to begin cleaning the storage room on Monday 11/10. I asked for volunteers to help clean but only a few students responded. This morning was the best day ever!!!! My students stepped up and helped me clean and organize my storage room. We still have a long way to go but it is looking very promising. The enthusiasm that was demonstrated this morning showed me they are just as excited and passionate about Health Care as I am. Kudos to my students!

2 comments:

Unknown said...: I too had an exciting experience with my storage area/dispensary with my students. I kept looking in there and saying I must pull this room together but I couldn't figure out when I would have enough time to get it done. Well some of my students were very excited to find out exactly what was in our storage that related to class. I asked the students that are left in my class for about 15 minutes extra if any of them had good organizational skills and a couple said yes. I told them that I was asking because I would allow them to help me if they would use their skills to help get the dispensary organized. To my surprise they were excited. They worked fifteen minutes after the rest of the class was gone daily until the dispensary was well cleaned out and organized. I thank them continually and express to them how important is is for us to work together to keep it together. I'm glad you shared your experience with us.

Candice; November 11, 2014 at 11:52:00 PM EST
Dr. J said...: Students will step up and help. And then, they take more ownership as well which is great. I hope you will continue to have students participate in these task. It helps all of you and also gives them workplace readiness skills.; November 21, 2014 at 1:17:00 PM EST