"Of everything I did this past week in my teaching, what would I do differently if I had the chance to do it again? And, why"?
I ask myself this often! I feel like I have been rushing lately. I think it is because I am going on maternity leave in February and want to get everything done! I stay too late at school sometimes past 8 pm. What I would do differently and what I started to do differently today was demo the recipes for the students. I guess i expect them to know all these culinary ways of doing things and they don't. I learn by doing so I will teach by doing. The past month I have thrown them a recipe and said you got this. Ha spinach quiche and cheese souffle' it worked but it could have worked better had I demoed before hand. Now starting today I demoed exactly what they should do when they walk into the kitchen and made the recipe today was homemade mayonnaise. This worked beautifully! I went in and showed them each step as they added notes to their recipe. They tasted my final product and then they began. Faces lit up! "It is just like yours! Maybe better!" they said. Watching me first do it correctly and then me helping them just a little along the way is much better! I will be doing a demo before since we have 90 min. and hopefully this will help all students and me chill out a little bit!!
Elissa 9/16/14
Elissa,
ReplyDeleteI totally understand your wanting to have everything done before you go on maternity leave but girl you need to slow down or you are going to end up going into labor early. You are very organized and thorough I promise everything will work out with your classes. Take this time to relax a little and enjoy the journey. I know that is easier said than done but you are very smart and again very organized and thorough I'd bet you have way more than enough done to cover you while you are out on maternity leave. Keep being a great teacher but quit putting so much pressure on yourself :)