Benchwarmers Don't Win the Game
This week I feel as though I began my real work: observing and coaching. It was a great experience and I referred to it as my "play time" rather than walkthrough time. Why? Because in just 4 days it has become my favorite part of my day. I was in 20 different rooms this week. I saw different subjects, different methodologies, different grade levels. It was so exciting! The benefits I found this week include: no "canned" lessons because I just showed up in peoples rooms rather than scheduling a formal visit I would spend only about 10 minutes in each room so I was able to see so much more teaching and learning in a short period of time the students were only too happy to fill me in if I had questions because it was more informal, I felt as though I was really seeing the "true" nature of the teacher at work I was able to provide timely feedback via email and this (and here is the truly awesome part) led to conversations between colleagues...