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MORNING
COFFEE AND CONVERSATION
Among
all the other individuals and groups I work with, sometimes I have
conversations with our school’s assistants.
There are 13 core classrooms in my school and each teacher has a full
time assistant. Some of these are
schooled as teachers but have never had a classroom yet. Others have experience with children in other
ways and bring different passions to the classes, like science or art backgrounds. Collectively they are not experienced
teachers but learn as the days go by, from the core teacher with whom they work,
and from observing children, conversations with others and reading professional
texts. Some decide they might want to be
licensed and work with us while attending an alternative-licensing
program.
I
have the challenge next week to facilitate the assistant meeting that happens
every few weeks. The topic is explained
when I say the word EXPO! Our largest event
of the year happens in early February.
We call it Expo and I have
written about it before. Since each
student studies a different self-chosen topic, at this time each shows the
learning he or she has completed so far this year. It is somewhat like a science fair. Because we believe in the journey as much or
more than the destination, this is challenging to both teachers and
students. Everyone has the same
deadline, one evening in February. And
the nervousness and stress are discussed each year. How to alleviate it? How to make the excitement grow at the same
time as lessen the pressure to do well?
It’s exciting, but…
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