Over the course of the weekend, I have sat down several times to write on my blog for the second week of school. However, I have been deterred each time because I have been undecided on what to write about and have not wanted to slop some silly thoughts that aren’t complete down.
Tonight, I decided that I could best tie in some of my thoughts throughout the week with Open House. Open House is something that I am very excited about! I have prepared an Introduction/Parents Letter to present tomorrow night. In this letter, I give an introduction about myself in relation to the program, some background information about myself and interests outside of school/work, and, lastly, an idea of some things that I will be doing in the classroom. Along with an overview of activities that I will be doing in the classroom, I mention taking photos and videos leading to the attachment of the consent forms to my letter. I feel that meeting parents at Open House and provided such a letter with the consent form will produce a greater return of the consent forms and/or consent forms that are marked “yes.”
Also, in relation to Open House, I have thought about the students that I have had the opportunity to get to know over the last two weeks. Some of these students seem to come with a lot of “baggage,” so to speak. Some of these students break my heart in the way that they are seemingly reaching out for attention. As I have been informed over the last five years of schooling, teaching is a very difficult career choice whether some choose to believe it or not; I have experienced this already in the first two weeks of school, more than in any of my other placements before. I have found myself wanting to pick up my students and bring them home with me because I am not sure about what they are going home to… If they are going home to much of anything based on small conversation between myself and the student or conversation that I have overheard in the classroom.
…I have tried to keep from breaking confidentiality by talking about situations in this blog and break it down into an overall aspect, which I believe made this blog so difficult for me to compute and put into words…
I am hoping that throughout the semester, working with various students and reaching out to students becomes easier for me in the aspect of teaching as well as on an emotional level… hopefully! :(
Connecting is so important, but staying somewhat "disconnected" can be hard. Are there ways that you can get to know the families better? Maybe then you'll have a better idea of what they do go home to, and you can help connect with those families that might need support.
Over the course of the weekend, I have sat down several times to write on my blog for the second week of school. However, I have been deterred each time because I have been undecided on what to write about and have not wanted to slop some silly thoughts that aren’t complete down.
ReplyDeleteTonight, I decided that I could best tie in some of my thoughts throughout the week with Open House. Open House is something that I am very excited about! I have prepared an Introduction/Parents Letter to present tomorrow night. In this letter, I give an introduction about myself in relation to the program, some background information about myself and interests outside of school/work, and, lastly, an idea of some things that I will be doing in the classroom. Along with an overview of activities that I will be doing in the classroom, I mention taking photos and videos leading to the attachment of the consent forms to my letter. I feel that meeting parents at Open House and provided such a letter with the consent form will produce a greater return of the consent forms and/or consent forms that are marked “yes.”
Also, in relation to Open House, I have thought about the students that I have had the opportunity to get to know over the last two weeks. Some of these students seem to come with a lot of “baggage,” so to speak. Some of these students break my heart in the way that they are seemingly reaching out for attention. As I have been informed over the last five years of schooling, teaching is a very difficult career choice whether some choose to believe it or not; I have experienced this already in the first two weeks of school, more than in any of my other placements before. I have found myself wanting to pick up my students and bring them home with me because I am not sure about what they are going home to… If they are going home to much of anything based on small conversation between myself and the student or conversation that I have overheard in the classroom.
…I have tried to keep from breaking confidentiality by talking about situations in this blog and break it down into an overall aspect, which I believe made this blog so difficult for me to compute and put into words…
I am hoping that throughout the semester, working with various students and reaching out to students becomes easier for me in the aspect of teaching as well as on an emotional level… hopefully! :(
ME
Connecting is so important, but staying somewhat "disconnected" can be hard. Are there ways that you can get to know the families better? Maybe then you'll have a better idea of what they do go home to, and you can help connect with those families that might need support.
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