Teacher's 'Jhaad'nal

For Classroom Observation and Feedback:   Here is a completed sample of how I provide feedback on classroom-observation:  Highlights  from today's session:  1. Always great to see students sharing such comfort with you.  2. You started by specifying the agenda, and ensured closing the loop (by two students)  3. The discussion on petitions written by students was engaging and thoughtful.  4. You asked students to write the date and topic in their notebook at the start of the session.  5. The closing of the loop was thoughtful and shared beautifully by the 2 students.  6. You nudged the students to participate / give better, more thoughtful responses.  Things you could be more mindful of :  7. The feedback students gave in the Break Out rooms was not written by them anywhere.  8. The dialogue after the Break Out room student discussion and feedback did not highlight any personal anecdotes of what they had picked up from each...

  "It doesn’t matter if you’re a beginner or an expert as long as you’re on the path.   If a beginner is on the path, all they need is time.   If an expert is off the path, they won’t be an expert for long." "Good advice at the wrong time is bad advice. Life is full of seasons and each season has different requirements. Know what season you are in, and you can better identify which ideas to utilize." "The longer you're a teacher, the less you remember what it is like to be a student. The longer you're a doctor, the less you remember what it is like to be a patient. The longer you're a coach, the less you remember what it is like to be a player.Change positions. A new perspective can improve your old methods." Prolific writer  Joyce Carol Oates  on motivation following action: "One must be pitiless about this matter of "mood." In a sense, the writing will  create  the mood. ... I have forced myself to begin writing when I've b...

 As a teacher, I have often given my kids what I did not get. I did not get unconditional love and support as a child - and so, I try my might to give kids unconditional love and support. But... BUT... because the child inside me still craves it, I end up giving too much unconditional love and support to my students.  My students, who absolutely love me for being 'with them', know that I am there for them - that I will listen, and understand, and be 'there for them'. But unconditional love and support is just one side of CHAMPIONING your students.  The other side, which I had completely ignored till I got a dressing down from my school's director, is to be firm with them - is to expect high quality work.  See. The problem I often face with my students are: 1. Delay in submitting homework and assignments.  2. Not giving their very best in the very first attempt.  3. Then requesting me to submit a redo, on the promise of the revision being better than the pre...