Monday Morning Message 2018-2019

Week 3...we are slowly moving away from instilling the basics and digging into instructional practice. Students learnt your expectations, what is acceptable or not, and realized their role in school and within your classroom. All of these are very important for the beginning of the school year-it sets the tone for the school year. One of the most important jobs we have is to build positive, nurturing, and loving relationships with our students. They need to see and feel that we care for each and every one of them. Below is an article I ran across that can help you create that special bond with your students. We should always be encouraging them to take  risks and increase their learning. Have a great week! The quality of presence—a state of alert awareness, receptivity, and connectedness to the working of both the individuals and the group in the context of the learning environment—is unfortunately not often taught explicitly in teacher educatio...

We made it through our first full week.  It was filled with excitement, challenges and many adventures.  I came across this article over the summer that was meant for new teachers.  I found that this article is great for not just educators, but many other professions and positions.  It was a great reminder to me about how easy it is to be influenced by the Walnut Trees.  If you would like to read the unedited version, you can look up the article by the title and author.  I hope you all have another incredible week! FIND YOUR MARIGOLD: THE ONE ESSENTIAL RULE FOR NEW (all) TEACHERS & (Staff) by Jennifer Gonzalez Welcome to your first year of teaching . This year will test you more intensely than just about anything you’ve done up to now. It will deplete all your energy, bring you to tears, and make you question every talent or skill you thought you had. But all these tests, if you approach them the right way, will leave you better and stronger than yo...