I know it has been quite a while since I was able to blog
about my classroom due to the fact that I have not been in a classroom for some
time now. Today was a great day though, and I was replaced into a new classroom
at a high school in a Senior classroom. I had the opportunity to observe a
lesson from my new cooperating teacher and am extremely impressed with his
knowledge and love for education. He truly is a master teacher in every sense
of the term and has been teaching for 46 years. After the lesson that I observed
he walked me through the office introducing me to all of the faculty and
specifically the school principal. Both my cooperating teacher and the
principal are alumni from Montana Grizzlies, and so had a little laugh at my
expense being that I am and Eagle. It was all in good fun and actually helped
lighten the mood quite a bit. From there we walked over the staff lounge and I was
very impressed with the response that this teacher received from nearly every passing
student. Everyone was very excited to see him, made a point to say hello and
ask how he was doing and you could just tell the level of care and respect that
was felt mutually between him and the students. We had a very good conversation
that lasted for about an hour discussing various things such as the new common
core as well as experiences that we both had in our lives as well as a number
of similarities with our upbringing. He is a very great teacher, I can tell
that just from the one lesson that I have observed so far. I am very excited to
be observed by him as well as observe him and look forward to his input on my
teaching strategies as well as the opportunity to pick his brain. It was a
great day!!
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