It’s been almost three months since I’ve written here. To be honest, I needed that time to step away from the intense schedule I’ve run for the previous nine years. Quite literally, I have been a formal student, full-time employee, active father and doting husband…the latter two roles not to my own personal satisfaction (I have not acted or doted nearly enough)…and so I took a breather in life to honor those important duties.
It happened that my assignment as a classroom teacher took a simultaneous turn into the role of an “instructional/transformational coach”, so it’s good I had a break before starting something new! The questions I’ve heard most often from colleagues and community members alike are, “What is that and what do you do?” Lately, I have realized that what my new role is and what I will do are merely an extension of who I am as a person and what I’ve always done in any organization, that is in the spirit of continuous improvement, to learn and serve.
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Foremost, as a coach I hope to soften this new beginning and defining shared growth together with fellow teachers in my district by building relationships, suppressing ego, extending capacity, and candidly addressing what we do well and what we want to do better.
Well, there ya are! 🙂 Always love your posts. Your new gig sounds darn near perfect for you. I’ll be excited to read more as you evolve in this new role. I’m bummed, though. I got on the subject of pen pals with my kiddos last week and they expressed interest in doing some real, old-fashioned letter writing to pen pals. I thought of you and your classes immediately, but that won’t work now! C’est la vie!
I’m sure I can find a classroom here that would enjoy some Texas pen pals.
I’m so excited to be working with you, Walt! I think your willingness to address our students’ needs in an honest, open manner is going to be so benenficial for our district. I enjoyed your letter to us explaining how you thought of yourself as a learning leader….did you know that Montessori teachers call themselves directresses or directors, instead of teachers also? They feel that their role was to be “a director or facilitator whose task it is to support the young child in his or her process of self-development” …. Your philosophy seems seems very similar 🙂
I look forward to learning with you to help more children be sucessful in Holt this year. Welcome to Midway!
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I wish I had Montessori or Regio training. It is fascinating and too compartmentalized away from traditional public ed!