I completed my coaching last week, and we are meeting next Tuesday morning to do the post-observation conference. I am definitely nervous about recording myself, and I am NOT looking forward to it! It's good to be pushed past my comfort zone, though. I have a great co-teacher, so I think that'll help.
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Thank you for the feedback on my program ideas! I expanded the descriptions more, so I hope that the plans are a little clearer now. I am sharing my ideas tomorrow with my instructional coach, and I hope that your feedback combined with hers will help me narrow down which portion would be most beneficial so that I can expand upon it and find ways to incorporate a grant proposal.
Personally, I'd really like to focus on the content-area project because it can incorporate writing and vocabulary to an extent. I think there are several things that I could write grants for if I do the content-area project as well. I think that the vocabulary mini-workshops could be incorporated easily into our schedule and could easily be implemented. I just don't know what to write a grant on if the program consists of short, content-based lessons once a month. What do you guys think? Which one would be best to focus on?
It always helps when you are working with someone who is flexible and understanding, so I am sure that your conference will go well. This coaching has also pushed me outside of my comfort zone as well, for the simple fact that I work with a lot of teachers who have been teaching a lot longer than me. It is a little intimidating, but I figure that good teachers are always looking for ways to improve their practice.
ReplyDeleteAre you familiar with writing grants? Do you already have an idea for a grant? This is the part that I am not very sure about. You are farther than me on your professional development. I think I had task 2 and 3 mixed up, so I was beginning to develop my more detailed project, instead of working on my overall plan for my professional development.
I will definitely need feedback from you ladies.
I am not familiar with writing grants, and that's a part of the project that is rather intimidating for me. I haven't come up with a solid idea for a grant...I'm still brainstorming ideas. I would like to try to come up with something tangible because I think it would have a longer impact, but I'm definitely open to other ideas.
ReplyDeleteI agree that good teachers look for ways to improve their practice. Kids lose out when teachers refuse to change.
Personally, I'd really like to focus on the content-area project because it can incorporate writing and vocabulary to an extent. I think there are several things that I could write grants for if I do the content-area project as well. I think that the vocabulary mini-workshops could be incorporated easily into our schedule and could easily be implemented. I just don't know what to write a grant on if the program consists of short, content-based lessons once a month. What do you guys think? Which one would be best to focus on?
ReplyDeleteI agree that the content-area project would probably be best for your next task. I also think the mini-workshops are a great idea for helping teachers go more in-depth, as well as giving them a chance to have more choices. Maybe for your grant you could incorporate some independent article studies for teachers to do between the sessions, and you could use the grant to get the school a subscription to a good journal that they could use to find and access their articles. That's just a suggestion that's coming to mind, since I'm also a little unsure about the grant proposal and the different things we can use for it. Maybe Dr. Beach can help us all out?
Yes, I will help you find places for grant proposals and ideas as well as helping you begin to write them up. That will be one big task on our next weekend together. Don't worry too much about it.
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