I just wanted to check in and say "hello"! I'm really enjoying the conversations you all are having regarding Regie's book! I'm glad you are getting so much out of it--and we haven't even begun class yet!
We are really looking forward to meeting everyone Monday morning! (In person, that is!)
Becky
I'm attaching my post for today to this comment. Gotta love technical difficulties!!
ReplyDeleteChapter 6 (as all the other chapters have done) made me reflect on my classroom teaching. I am most definitely a rescuer with my students. My thinking in the past has been that I don’t want my students to struggle with anything and not know the answer for fear that it might make them feel bad about themselves as learners. I like to think that I do everything “just right” but realize as I’m sure we all do that there are always things to improve upon. I could definitely do a better job of “frontloading” and doing more of the “We do it” part of the Optimal Learning Model. One thing I try to do, is ask myself “what could I have done better” if a lesson doesn’t go exactly the way I thought it should or if it didn’t produce the results I had hoped for. I think I will be more conscientious of how I structure my teaching to include more “frontloading” and guided practice.
I appreciate your comment Faith about being a rescuer. I think teachers are basically very caring people making it very hard not to always try to rescue our students. I know I have been guilty of that too. As we grow professionally, we will find better ways to help our students become independent learners, epecially when they come to something they struggle with. We only know what we know so don't beat yourself up. I'm sure as we all do more "frontloading" and move towards more of the "we do it" part of the OLM we will get the results we are looking for.
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