this is my 1st post of the year and it is also a entry which i find very hard to pen down my thoughts.
Like what Mr Chin mentioned during my interview last November, it is going to be a roller-coaster ride, and at the current moment, i am perched right on top of the ride, just before the great descent.
No doubt it is going to be a challenging year, i do hope to learn as much as i can from my fellow colleagues.
Last November, as part of my training (and new job scope area) i attended a 3-day course on Habitudes. This was a real eye-opener to me, as i learned about different metaphors and how i can relate and teach them to our students.
It was a struggle initially, as it was something new to me. However, thru the guidance of the facilitators, we actually learned alot from them and learned how to facilitate,lecture and admin a 20 minutes lesson (by actually coming up with a lesson plan, teaching the whole class, and displaying the 3 mentioned roles). We MUST pass this 20 minute lesson plan before we get our certification and it was a TOTALLY NERVE-RACKING.
It has been an exciting week 1, with a new form class (3t2), new form teacher to work with, NEW colleagues, sec 1 orientation and CCA Open House.
Anna and I attempted to sit down and go thru our dept's action plan, and we realized how everything comes together within the 4 units. We understand that there are many more things that we need to figure and work out.
There are some areas which i would like to further blog about:
- work review
- Art unit
- Big picture
Yes, the journey is going to be exhilarating.
ReplyDeleteAnd you are game enough for it :)
As the newness of the year settles in, you can begin to see, as you already have began to, the connectedness to those that are existing. In fact, if anything NEW is not connected to something OLD in our brain, the new knowledge, information, skill will be lost within 2 weeks. This is how our brain works. (check my blog entry on how the neurons connect to each other
http://stephenchinlearning.blogspot.com/2010/03/neurons-and-mindmap.html)
I am glad that you are beginning to see the connections in your department. And you will begin the ride "up and down" the roller coaster and "see" the whole picture and how they are completely intertwined.
Enjoy the ride and view.
It is true that after we sat down and do the Action plan, we have more understanding about our own department. Things all come in and with proper planning, all should fall into their position and form a nice picture.
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