Post #4

Choice B) Tell me about any part of Principal Sylvia Allan's presentation that "struck a chord" in you, (either positively or negatively), and how you think it will affect you in your teaching.

I learned all kinds of things from Silvia Allan's presentation on Wed. I took a page and a half of notes, TYPED! A few of my favorite points she made included:



--Every Child Every Day

--Not working harder, working smarter!

--(pertaining to morning meetings)
--This is NOT a prep time, you are sitting in the morning meeting.
--You are NOT in charge of morning meeting, the students are.
--This is NOT a therapy session for you or the students.

--Don't send Mommy projects home. Homework is fine--not a project for mom.

--"Humor is the lubricant of life"

--"There are some people that spend their whole life dream stopping"

--When meeting with my team go in with the attitudes of:
-First job: I'm an intern and I'm here to learn.
-Second job: I just got out of UVU and this is what I just learned.
-Third idea: faculty rooms are doomsville. The minute your mouth opens to join in the negative as an intern the moment the whole faculty looks at you as 'negative nancy'. And anytime you choose to be flat out negative something horrible happens. every time. so watch out.


I agreed with each of these in my own way, and can't wait to apply them to my career. Each will be helpful in one way or another, I'm sure. If I can teach the way Silvia Allan taught me, there's no way I can make it out of the classroom without having an impact on the student's lives.