I work in a school where everyone helps each other. I teach on a grade level where everyone generously shares time, resources, patience, inspiration and empathy on a daily basis. Just today, my student teacher needed help coming up with a small group lesson observation for later in the week, My friend who teaches next door is only in her second year at our school, but she is brilliant with small group reading and I knew she would be a fabulous resource. This friend took time in her afternoon to help my student teacher think through a lesson and shared slides she created to support the lesson.
This evening, I opened a document another teacher on my grade level created. It is a place where all our math lessons are shared for each unit. Our current unit, Fractions, is a challenging one. There were amazing Pear Decks and lessons posted for all of us to use. I can't tell you how much I appreciate this and how much time it saves for me. Teaching is hard, no doubt about it. Having friends who make the school day more fun and generously share so much makes it all so much better. I get by with a little help from my friends! Do you have a team of people at your school who help you out, too?
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Erika Victor
3/8/2022 03:52:56 am
For sure! I could not do it without my team! It not only makes me a better teacher, but also brings light to dark times. #togetherwearebetter
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3/8/2022 09:37:07 am
Wow, Kathleen, to have this kind of support: "everyone generously shares time, resources, patience, inspiration and empathy on a daily basis" is amazing. What a gift that you are fully embracing and appreciating. (I have retired from the classroom now, but even when I was, it is not an easy thing to say I have been in situations where "everyone" did this daily.) Happy for you to be in that situation!
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Brian Rozinsky
3/8/2022 08:27:13 pm
To answer your question: You bet. This slice is the latest helpful reminder not take the resource of generous, resourceful colleagues for granted.
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