Comments on: Cherishing the quiet moments http://leadingfromtheheart.org/2009/01/14/cherishing-the-quiet-moments/ "classroom teachers are the only real agents of school reform..." Sat, 06 Mar 2010 12:02:27 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Tracy http://leadingfromtheheart.org/2009/01/14/cherishing-the-quiet-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1600 Tracy Wed, 28 Jan 2009 09:31:05 +0000 http://leadingfromtheheart.org/?p=1018#comment-1600 Trying to get excited... it's a tough time of year to get excited about isn't it! Our new term began last week. Our report cards were handed out yesterday and parent/teacher/student interviews are next week. Trying to get excited… it’s a tough time of year to get excited about isn’t it! Our new term began last week. Our report cards were handed out yesterday and parent/teacher/student interviews are next week.

]]> By: Elona Hartjes http://leadingfromtheheart.org/2009/01/14/cherishing-the-quiet-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1598 Elona Hartjes Wed, 28 Jan 2009 04:30:40 +0000 http://leadingfromtheheart.org/?p=1018#comment-1598 Tracy, it's the very end of term for me. Everything is marked and report cards are done at last. I'm trying to get excited about starting the next semester on Friday. <abbr><em>Elona Hartjess last blog post at [site]..<a href="http://feedproxy.google.com/~r/TeachersAtRisk/~3/UaoChCHmcbY/" rel="nofollow">Maybe teachers should get the same treatment as doctors. Fair is fair, after all.</a></abbr></em> Tracy, it’s the very end of term for me. Everything is marked and report cards are done at last. I’m trying to get excited about starting the next semester on Friday.

Elona Hartjess last blog post at [site]..Maybe teachers should get the same treatment as doctors. Fair is fair, after all.

]]> By: Tracy http://leadingfromtheheart.org/2009/01/14/cherishing-the-quiet-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1562 Tracy Sat, 17 Jan 2009 12:15:00 +0000 http://leadingfromtheheart.org/?p=1018#comment-1562 Kate - welcome! I don't know how I have missed yours either. It sounds like we have similar students - in Quebec the 11th grade is our final year of high school and since I work in an alternative setting a number of our students are older than the norm, some turning 18 this year. That photo was taken on the banks of the St Lawrence River, looking south-east away from Montreal. I used to live right on it so spent almost every morning watching the sunrise as I brought my dog for his morning constitutional :) This weekend will be filled with reading and grading for me. At the beginning of the term I switched courses with another teacher. I used to teach grade 10 Math, but that just wasn't meant to be, so a colleague graciously took my Math class in exchange for teaching English to the same group. I love it! But of course it means 20 extra essays and the such to read! I love the idea of student narratives. I take notes on my students throughout the term but don't turn them in to narratives. I used to write stories when I worked with special needs students, I found it so much easier to assess them through narrative than through a number (Guess that's why I chose teaching English over Math...) Pleased to 'meet' you, Kate. Kate – welcome!

I don’t know how I have missed yours either. It sounds like we have similar students – in Quebec the 11th grade is our final year of high school and since I work in an alternative setting a number of our students are older than the norm, some turning 18 this year.

That photo was taken on the banks of the St Lawrence River, looking south-east away from Montreal. I used to live right on it so spent almost every morning watching the sunrise as I brought my dog for his morning constitutional :)

This weekend will be filled with reading and grading for me. At the beginning of the term I switched courses with another teacher. I used to teach grade 10 Math, but that just wasn’t meant to be, so a colleague graciously took my Math class in exchange for teaching English to the same group. I love it! But of course it means 20 extra essays and the such to read!

I love the idea of student narratives. I take notes on my students throughout the term but don’t turn them in to narratives. I used to write stories when I worked with special needs students, I found it so much easier to assess them through narrative than through a number (Guess that’s why I chose teaching English over Math…)

Pleased to ‘meet’ you, Kate.

]]> By: Kate Tabor http://leadingfromtheheart.org/2009/01/14/cherishing-the-quiet-moments/comment-page-1/#comment-1556 Kate Tabor Fri, 16 Jan 2009 16:18:19 +0000 http://leadingfromtheheart.org/?p=1018#comment-1556 Hi Tracy, How have I missed your blog? I also teach 11th grade, though I also teach a lot of 12th graders. The photo that you chose reminded me of Crane's Beach in Massachusetts. I used to go there in the middle of the winter just because I knew it would be time alone. The beach in winter is such a different place than the beach in summer. But it is still alive and lively, just not with people. My computer tells me that it is -14°F real temperature outside right now. This would not be a good time to go to the beach, although Lake Michigan is just three blocks to the East. I have a ton of reading of student work to do right now (analytic essays, end of semester projects), and then I have semester grades and comments to write. We write a narrative about each student at the end of each semester, so it's like writing a 50 page paper in a week. But what I really want to do right now is make that cup of tea, clean off my desk, and put my thoughts and life in order. <abbr><em>Kate Tabors last blog post at [site]..<a href="http://tabor330.wordpress.com/2009/01/14/cross-posting-pie-wisdom/" rel="nofollow">Cross Posting - Pie Wisdom</a></abbr></em> Hi Tracy,
How have I missed your blog? I also teach 11th grade, though I also teach a lot of 12th graders. The photo that you chose reminded me of Crane’s Beach in Massachusetts. I used to go there in the middle of the winter just because I knew it would be time alone. The beach in winter is such a different place than the beach in summer. But it is still alive and lively, just not with people. My computer tells me that it is -14°F real temperature outside right now. This would not be a good time to go to the beach, although Lake Michigan is just three blocks to the East.

I have a ton of reading of student work to do right now (analytic essays, end of semester projects), and then I have semester grades and comments to write. We write a narrative about each student at the end of each semester, so it’s like writing a 50 page paper in a week. But what I really want to do right now is make that cup of tea, clean off my desk, and put my thoughts and life in order.

Kate Tabors last blog post at [site]..Cross Posting – Pie Wisdom

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