This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Monday, March 3, 2008
The Groove
I wonder if there will ever be a time when you seem to slide into a "groove" when it comes to teaching. A time when your lesson plans work for all of the classes that you teach from now on. A time when you don't even have to think about having to plan because it just comes natural to you. A time when all of the discipline issues seem like a walk in the park. A time when you have ample funding for your program or at least the uncanny ability to improvise using the materials at hand. A time when all of your students take your advise about their work ethic and just work hard all semester long. A time when you don't have to say 50 times over "o.k. guys it's time to clean-up and pick-up" because they just know that it is. A time when all of your students are considerate of school property and start to really take care of the equipment in your lab. A time when you can build meaningful, lasting relationships with all of your students in just one semester. A time when mutual respect between the teacher and student is commonplace. Then again it might be kind of boring that way......I wonder......
While that might be possible in some school systems, it will never be reality in most. I think I have pretty good classroom management and a decent rapport with most of my students. However, most of the time, there are just too many external forces at work.
ReplyDeletejoec
It might be impossible, but we can still dream about it, can't we?
ReplyDeleteAnd, you know, I think part of being a good teacher is just plain learning to go with the flow. I think I tend to get too bogged down and worry about every thing. I am slowly, very slowly, learning to just go with the flow!