I've always considered myself a dreamer. For my students, I hope I am a dreamer--envisioning a future for them that is bright, and creating goals for them that are both high and realistic. I see potential where the world sees a waste of funds and personnel.
Being a dreamer is great, but if you don't have what it takes to put actions to your dreams, is there really any point to your dreaming? A good dream has a plan of attack attached to it. This means streamlining your goals and choosing them carefully and specifically. It means setting yourself up for success, just like you set your students up to accomplish their goals, not to fail.
This weekend, I went to a Kappa Delta Pi Biennial Convocation in Louisville, KY. It was one of the best convention experiences I have ever had in my life. To network and learn from some of the very best educators in the country! I gained countless ideas for methodology, technology, management, professional development, and even setting up the physical environment of my classroom. I am back on campus, getting ready for another week of student teaching with a group of low socioeconomic high schoolers with emotional disabilities. My head is spinning with ideas and things I'd love to do. How do I choose? Where do I begin? What is realistic to my cause? If I do something, I want to do it well.
It begins here--creating a global classroom for myself. I want to connect with educators everywhere, not just in my little area of the midwest. I want to learn from the best so my teaching will provide my students with a global education. I covet your suggestions, your thoughts. I want to learn from your experiences. Help my instruction take wings, and in so doing, guide the future of our country.
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