I hope all the talk turns out to be much less than predicted for all of you. It is difficult to be serious about any other topic when so much seems to be happening in the east. We are hearing about it constantly here in the west too, and keeping you all in our prayers and thoughts.
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| What did the teacher say to help this student know what to do? |
I am working with three interns this year who are working for an Alternative Licensing program that is at another independent school nearby. They are teacher assistants at our school, work with the teachers in the classrooms as their mentors, and I advise all six. I have done this in the past and loved it. It helps keep my teaching growing too. It is wonderful to see young people learning about teaching and they work very hard, doing their jobs here at our school and completing other expectations for the program. One of the threads that continues to need support through all the interns with whom I've worked is what I call self-talk. I'm interested in knowing if you remember when you learned it was needed before teaching a lesson, or when you remember starting?