Hello friends,
The session today was great! Kathi is a wonderful, motivating and extremely knowledgeable individual. This session was filled with lots of "Aha!" moments. It was also very confirming for me. It seemed as if Kathi and I had been reading from the same page as my previous blog contained several of the exact things that she spoke of on today. (especially the motto about change...) I really enjoyed the clock buddies as a way of stepping out of our comfort zone and getting to meet other sensational and inspiring educators. It is quite difficult for me to toot my own horn because it's buried under the mounds of responsibility and paperwork that is scattered between school and home. However, recognizing and accepting that we are looked upon as experts and teacher leaders(leaders of teachers) is something that we should all be proud of. Thanks to my partner for sharing her goal for today's session. I truly will be able to better handle the K.I.A's that I may have to mentor and the others with whom I may come into contact with! If she hadn't asked, we wouldn't have gotten the answer. (get it?) It would be great if the district utilized the "Why Didn't I Learn ..." book as a best practices course available to new and veteran teachers for a PLU.
"Peaches," thanks for all that you are doing to help us be successful in this endeavor! Classmates, I hope that you all enjoyed this session as much as, if not more than, I did. I look forward to seeing and learning with you all again next time.
Foster :)
P.S.
Look on the bright side... We are getting wonderful resources to add to our collections. We are building relationships while mentoring one another. Oh, and last but definitely not least, we are getting the rare opportunity to eat a lunch that beats the cafeteria food!
2 comments:
Ditto! Wasn't it great to have someone tell us how wonderful we were over and over again? Kathi sure is great not only for the mind, but the ego as well :) Her insights into the needs and concerns of mentors and mentees was astonshing. She answered the questions I thought she might, and many I hadn't even thought of... I am thankful for having been there, and would gladly listen again next week. I look forward to using some of her suggestions (like the clock) ASAP..
Hi all the session with kathi was the best class that was actually meaningful and not just a time killer that I have attened in a long time. many of the things that she talked about were so true not just in the classroom. I mean the lady got it going on. I will be trying some of her methods in class at home and where ever else that I find a use for them. My eyes were opened to so many things that I never really thought of as issues when dealing with situations. for anyone that has not browsed through the books that we were giving you are misisng out on lots of neat tools to use. kathi raised the roof for me, I hope she was as inspiring for everyone else.
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