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.
Tuesday, September 17, 2013
Patience is a Virtue
This week I learned the value of being a patient teacher. Although this may seem like an elementary virtue for all teachers, and we like to think we are models of great behavior, but then a true test arrives. I have a full plate of duties that extend beyond my teaching obligations. Additionally, my studio is still not functional after a year and six weeks of my high school being open. I am constantly trying to find creative lesson plans to keep the students engaged and aligned with the academic standards of video production for which I am accountable to teach. Finding enrichment activities with limited production equipment is a challenge. After all, a third of my program is nonfunctional. Consequently, I must always be on my game. That is easier said than done for a second year teacher. I have learned to be patient, to overcome, and to adapt to my teaching environment.
Hi Marc, I have experienced a very similar situation over the past two years that I taught Healthcare. It is my passion and I love to share it with others. That is one of the things that keeps me going back. I know all too well what it is like to be responsible for many responsibilities and duties outside of work and to have to create engaging lessons daily. My first year I only had 11 textbooks for a class of 32 and last year I did not have a working LCD from October to May! I had to share a portable LCD with another teacher and it was a real challenge. You do have to use patience and longsuffering in these types of situations just like you said:) I find it helpful to address one issue at a time and each day gets a little easier (I have a full classroom set for textbooks now and a brand new LCD projector now after a year of struggles to use what I had available :)
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