tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post8308682302109583801..comments2023-10-31T09:19:18.737-07:00Comments on Organized Chaos: the think tankorganized chaoshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18050635225751382130noreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-18730999511791946342009-03-10T12:31:00.000-07:002009-03-10T12:31:00.000-07:00What I appreciate most about this post is the hone...What I appreciate most about this post is the honest vulnerability it shows. When we hold on to that "I have all the answers" pose, we don't grow, except in our frustration. Part of maturity and expertise is resourcefulness, so we need to look to our co-workers as resources. Thanks, OC!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-68369614821897400472009-02-23T11:59:00.000-08:002009-02-23T11:59:00.000-08:00Mrs. Lipstick, you need to get your PhD and become...Mrs. Lipstick, you need to get your PhD and become a teacher of teachers. Don't hide your light...Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1175684769476781639.post-83352638218333118982009-02-22T09:12:00.000-08:002009-02-22T09:12:00.000-08:00Oh my gosh, I'm salivating with jealously over you...Oh my gosh, I'm salivating with jealously over your 3 literacy coaches, 2 math coaches, and 2 guidance counselors.<BR/><BR/>At my school currently we have one literacy coach and one half-time math coach. They are both absolutely amazing people who have regularly scheduled times in my classroom each week. Unfortunately, with the budget cuts, their positions will be gone next year. <BR/><BR/>They have both played such an important part in my first year as a teacher. I have learned so much from both of them. They ask me the right questions and give me wonderful input/advice whenever I ask for it. <BR/><BR/>I also collaborate and team-teach (in different ways at different times during the school year) with the teacher next door to me. It's been wonderful getting to know all her students nearly as well as I know my own and having someone else who knows my students nearly as well as I do.<BR/><BR/>Collaboration and partnership and teaming up is such an important part of teaching. It is what is making me enjoy this year, despite the inevitable struggles I go through as a first year teacher. I can say with quite a bit of certainty that I would not have been nearly as happy or feel nearly as successful if I did not have these daily conversations with my literacy coach, math coach, and neighboring teacher.<BR/><BR/>I envy your situation and am glad to read that in some places/at some schools that wonderful support and environment of collaboration is not getting lost in the budget-cuts of the recession.<BR/><BR/>(That was long. Sorry for hijacking your comments.)Not Quite Grown Up...https://www.blogger.com/profile/04951305138138052610noreply@blogger.com