Leadership....did I mention that is the new class I am teaching? What do we mean when we say leadership? Ironically, when that term comes to mind, I associate it with my own elementary days of anxiousily awaiting my turn to be the line leader.....being first, and being looked up to and respected......Surely I am preparing them for more than that. In order to prepare a curriculum for Leadership, I first need to decide what tenants are most essential to being an effective leader. We all know people who are natural born leaders....but what is it about them that makes them so?? But in addition, this class also needs to .....provide gifted enrichment for all of my students ( after all, I am the Gifted teacher), adhere to the Hamilton County standards for technology (because it is taking the place of the technology course for my students), imbed the IB design Cycle into the curriculum and assure that the students are ept at using it (because we are an IB school and that is their requirement), be academically motivating and challenging while individually meeting the needs of the kids ( that is what every parent wants), be totally fun and require very little in the way of work, especially outside the class ( this, of course, is what the students want) and last but not least, prepare the students for the ever changing world in which they will be part of (this is what I want). In addition, I need to do this in a way that periodically assesses their learning, uses a variety of best practice teaching strategies,, supplements Common Core Curriculum across the curriculum, adheres to the IB and Common Core rubrics..........anyone out there see my dilemma? and despite this..I am so excited about this upcoming school year!
Happy Musings of a......Mother, wife, daughter, teacher, sister, cruise director, nurse, psychologist,, mediator, discipliner, hugger, chef, supporter evaluator, planner, referee, praiser, reassurer, friend, enforcer, organizer, co-worker, employee, shopper, presenter,critic, student, maid, gardener, reader, writer, guider, creator, artist, photographer .....during the course of the year, I will be each of these and more! ArchivesCategories
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