Before writing my blog entry this week, I first read all my colleagues' entries. Unfortunately, I am experiencing all the difficulties you are encountering. I try to stay away from negativity, so I spend a great deal of time isolating myself from my coworkers. I also feel as though I need to find a second job just to "keep my foot in another door". One of my relatives sent me a link to a teacher based blog from an Atlanta Journal article. I'm not going to share the blog address because it would only reinforce the warranted negativity by which we are all surrounded. I would not want to be Sonny Perdue. Think for a moment about irony of the "new" buzz word for ensuring our students' enthusiasm for learning: WOW. When considering the adjectives below, know that WOW actually stands for Working on the Work. Working on the Work's Five Levels of Student Engagement are:
Passive Compliance
Rebellion
Ritual Engagement
Retreatism
Authentic Engagement
All I can say is WOW. Where do you find yourself?
Working on the Work is the brain child of one of my principle's former teacher, mentor and friend. So you know that applying these WOW has been a priority at Hawkinsville High School since it's conception. I have to say that I have been involved in Authentic Engagement for a while. Everything is real when you are in rising water and you are having to swim as hard as you can to keep your head above water. To be honest, sometimes that engagement does involve looking for a life boat just in case...
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