After this week, it has given me ideas and inspiration to help me encourage and get teachers to think outside of our "traditional" box. I work at two different sites with two amazing staffs who are open to new ideas and classroom structures if it means that more learning would be occurring. Teachers can get stuck in the same structures of teaching year after year. I'm hoping that I can bring some new ideas that may inspire teachers to try something new, and adjust it to fit the teacher and the structure of the school site. As an academic specialist, it is part of my job to support and coach other teachers at the school site. By being exposed to new and innovative ways of teaching and structuring a classroom, I will have the ability to bring these ideas to teachers to use in their own classrooms. This will allow me to have more of an impact on students, since these ideas will be able to be in more than just one classroom. I am hopefully that these new and innovative ideas will be just the thing that the schools need to increase student engagement and success.
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Evrim Cakir
9/10/2019 12:38:24 pm
YES!! I Strive to think outside of the box daily and am always looking for new ideas!
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Kirsten
9/10/2019 07:25:32 pm
I think one of the best parts of staff PLC is when our Academic Specialist brings in new ideas and new ways of thinking. It pushes me to make the everyday routine more enjoyable by pushing my teaching skills to become better for the kids.
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Melissa Newman
9/10/2019 10:59:25 pm
Fresh ideas, are always needed. It can be so easy to continue with what has always been. It takes more strength to try something new, and hear new voices!
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Krista Loper
9/15/2019 08:15:27 pm
I love what you said about, "By being exposed to new and innovative ways of teaching and structuring a classroom, I will have the ability to bring these ideas to teachers to use in their own classrooms."
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AuthorKathy Martin is an educator in Napa, Ca. She has taught all ages, K-8, in her past 14 years of teaching. She looks forward to exploring more about the world of education. Archives
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