I'm ready!!
Middle school is the place for me. I think!! This class really made me think about different things like the role of principals, creating a developmentally responsive place for these students, the complexities of a middle-level student, and the great big world with all of its stakeholders around.
We started by learning about the history of middle schools and how they came to be to the different stakeholders involved and the different critical aspects we must always keep in mind as teachers. Week after week I thought to myself this isn't going to be easy, but it'll be fun.
Things are always changing and I think we hold a great responsibility to be forever students. We must always be ready to learn and take on new hurdles in order to best serve our students. I doubt Kahoot was a thing a few years ago and now students love it. Just because something may seem difficult, time-consuming, or just not worth our time, we owe it to our students to check it out and put our best foot forward. I only see the world getting more complicated and the students getting older and more connected quicker. How can we best serve these changes and students? We need to ask how we can meet our students where they're at every day I believe.
We can do it!!
Middle school is the place for me. I think!! This class really made me think about different things like the role of principals, creating a developmentally responsive place for these students, the complexities of a middle-level student, and the great big world with all of its stakeholders around.
We started by learning about the history of middle schools and how they came to be to the different stakeholders involved and the different critical aspects we must always keep in mind as teachers. Week after week I thought to myself this isn't going to be easy, but it'll be fun.
Things are always changing and I think we hold a great responsibility to be forever students. We must always be ready to learn and take on new hurdles in order to best serve our students. I doubt Kahoot was a thing a few years ago and now students love it. Just because something may seem difficult, time-consuming, or just not worth our time, we owe it to our students to check it out and put our best foot forward. I only see the world getting more complicated and the students getting older and more connected quicker. How can we best serve these changes and students? We need to ask how we can meet our students where they're at every day I believe.
We can do it!!
Hello and peace to all,
ReplyDeleteThanks Taylor for your wisdom in this post, and but in the others before as well. I particularly like how you ended this week’s blog…” We can do it!”! I know your hundred percent right on this! I like the optimism, and the reminder! So that was a good way to end your final blog for all of us to hear, and be reminded of!
I like how you talk about how we have to continue to have on our radar the continuing challenges of being top-line-educators….How we can do our best we so as to deliver great products to our students and our teaching institutions. I actually talked in my week six blog post about going a little extra too…. If you get a chance, please take a look at it.
I remember in week one you were talking about how some people thought you’re a little crazy for wanting to teach middle school kids. I like to see that you are, as you were then, resolved to do it ,despite what others would say, and your ending this week’s blog with reaffirming your vocation and calling! I’m glad you are seeing clearly that this is something you want to do… Teach middle school kids.
So that’s great, someday, maybe something can change, but it sounds like you’re being affirmed more and more that this is your calling and passion! So I think that’s great, I would encourage you to follow it, and continue to challenge yourself and develop your gifts (which I know are considerable!) You have a lot of talent and gifts to bring to the kids! (And the teaching environment).
Peace Taylor….. Thanks for your wisdom…. Peace all
Taylor, you are create things are always changing in education and we must be sure to keep up. Our students minds and some maturity move at a rapid pace as well. I will not teach at the middle school level unless they plan on teaching consumer education at that level, but knowing good teachers like you will have students prepared to enter high school, I know the students will be a great shape adjusting heading into high school.
ReplyDeleteBest of luck to you,
Kevin J. Cathey