November Learning

Alan November, is an educator with wonderful ideas. In his article, he discussed watching a teacher’s lesson and suggesting that they write an article. The teacher replied saying it was a normal day. November’s argument is that teachers need to communicate to share their stories so educators can realize how special their skills are. This portion of the article really hit home, because I remembered an in-service where we spent 3 hours discussing great classroom projects. Our principal was able to convince a cafeteria of 300+ high school teachers to stand up and speak about what they do in the classroom. With every teacher discussing different subjects and grades, it was the most interesting training seminar I have ever experienced. The discussion started with only 2-3 key teachers speaking, and then continued as each person was able to recall a wonderful lesson that fully engaged their learners. Teachers DO need to share their stories, so educators can collaborate and work alongside each other instead of being bound by four walls.