Comments on: defining success http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/27/defining-success/ reflections of an ever-evolving educator Thu, 20 Nov 2008 21:05:13 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.3 by: Deb http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/27/defining-success/#comment-25 Sat, 08 Oct 2005 20:13:50 +0000 http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/27/defining-success/#comment-25 I always find if I have been given something sweet, I am much more receptive! Your session sounds right up my street. As for what happens when teachers go back to class.. If they enjoyed the session, they are more likely to have a go at what you taught them! If a session is brief and to the point, containing something useful, I go straight back and try it. If it takes 3 hours to give me one useful thing to try, I have drifted off, not listened and so have no idea what to do! I reckon your session was successful. Even if they are not applying what you taught them in their own classrooms, you cheered them up, treated them and gave them a few minutes to themselves. That was good for stress levels and therefore made them more effective teachers regardless of the content of your session. Well done you. Can you come and train me? Deb http://littlemissteacher.blogspot.com I always find if I have been given something sweet, I am much more receptive! Your session sounds right up my street. As for what happens when teachers go back to class.. If they enjoyed the session, they are more likely to have a go at what you taught them!

If a session is brief and to the point, containing something useful, I go straight back and try it. If it takes 3 hours to give me one useful thing to try, I have drifted off, not listened and so have no idea what to do!

I reckon your session was successful. Even if they are not applying what you taught them in their own classrooms, you cheered them up, treated them and gave them a few minutes to themselves. That was good for stress levels and therefore made them more effective teachers regardless of the content of your session.

Well done you. Can you come and train me?

Deb
http://littlemissteacher.blogspot.com

]]> by: Traci http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/27/defining-success/#comment-22 Sun, 02 Oct 2005 13:20:21 +0000 http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/27/defining-success/#comment-22 Fred: I know what you mean. Most of the sessions I've attended over the years have been a waste of my time. Our district has shifted to a model that focuses on local school concerns, which works in theory. However, it's not always easy to reach consensus on what exactly we need to be concerned with locally. Fred: I know what you mean. Most of the sessions I’ve attended over the years have been a waste of my time. Our district has shifted to a model that focuses on local school concerns, which works in theory. However, it’s not always easy to reach consensus on what exactly we need to be concerned with locally.

]]> by: Fred http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/27/defining-success/#comment-21 Sat, 01 Oct 2005 23:41:54 +0000 http://teachteach.com/blog/2005/09/27/defining-success/#comment-21 I hope you did better than my district traditionally does. Here's our schedule of events: 8:00 Free breakfast 9:00 Boring, irrelevant guest speaker 10:00 Seminar - usually a waste 11:30 Lunch 12:30 Seminar - usually a waste. 1:15 Dismissal The only reason people go to these events is because they count towards recertification. I'm not the expert, but I do believe that a teacher should be encouraged to seek out continuing educations utilizing local colleges. There should be some arrangement whereby a teacher can "audit" a course with appropriate attendance, thereby increasing the academic time in the classroom for the students, and decreasing the bureaucracy needed to set up these events. I know how negative this sounds, but I’ve been to eight of these and haven’t learned anything. We need a change in our district. I hope you did better than my district traditionally does. Here’s our schedule of events:

8:00 Free breakfast
9:00 Boring, irrelevant guest speaker
10:00 Seminar - usually a waste
11:30 Lunch
12:30 Seminar - usually a waste.
1:15 Dismissal

The only reason people go to these events is because they count towards recertification.

I’m not the expert, but I do believe that a teacher should be encouraged to seek out continuing educations utilizing local colleges. There should be some arrangement whereby a teacher can “audit” a course with appropriate attendance, thereby increasing the academic time in the classroom for the students, and decreasing the bureaucracy needed to set up these events.

I know how negative this sounds, but I’ve been to eight of these and haven’t learned anything. We need a change in our district.

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