OPEN MIC - I SURVIVED!

Next Friday March 22, 2013, will bring to a close my "Teacher Practicum" at McEachern High School in Powder Springs, GA. It has been a great and challenging experience to say the least. It has been many, many years since I myself have been in a high school class environment, and I can only say that teachers today are dealing with a new breed of student. Yes, students of today play the same games and try the same tricks that we did back in the day, however, with the addition of multimedia, style trends in clothes (sagging pants, etc), teachers of today face new challenges. Before taking the NTI program, I had been teaching adult students for over 25 years, so coming into today's high school environment was somewhat of a shock to me. But I survived! Part of my survival has been due to my past teaching experience, strong sense of discipline, leadership and military background; but the most beneficial survival techniques that has helped me over the last two months at McEachern High school has been what I have learned through Dr. B. and Dr. M. in the NTI program! Everything that has been covered in the NTI course came to pass during my teaching experience at McEachern. I must say that this program is a MUST for anyone going into the career tech field. The observations by the instructors is the "icing on the cake"! Their critiques are extremely helpful in fine tuning the "student teacher" until the rough edges are smooth. Thank you for smoothing out my rough edges and helping me to be a better teacher in the Career Tech class environment!