Observation #1 - The Story

            I arrived at Central Fall’s High School earlier last week, on Thursday.  That day I had decided that I would stay for the entirety of the school day and make my keen observation within the livelihood of the educators and students of this public educational institution.  I met with Dr. Buddy Comet who courteously toured me through the English department of Central Fall’s High School.  For that day, I would only need to memorize three routes—I was assigned four classrooms, with two of them being adjacent to one other.  As I met with each instructor, I was greeted with a warm but authoritative presence, wished good luck on my journey, and explicitly told that I was lucky to have a diverse array of classes to observe.

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Microteaching I

Please, fellow educators, review and comment below on my performance last week. What a king lesson did you like? What didn't work? Any suggestions? And what do you think you learned from practicing alongside me as the "'student"?

Four Qualities of a Great Teacher

Education is a long and tedious opportunity that educators accept and challenge in order to create a better learning community for their students.  In layman’s terms, educators teach so that students can learn.  It sounds simple at first, but behind that 45 minutes of lecture that students sit for, educators are being ducks.  That’s right, ducks.  Educators paddle back and forth, swerve in and out, and even sometimes crash and burn to learn the information and techniques needed in order to service their students the most relevant, useful, resourceful, and interesting information.  The true challenge that comes