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Life is constantly changing. It has been said that life is a series of transitions. As children we move from home life into school. In school we move from elementary school to middle school to high school. After high school we go into the workforce, the armed services, or attend college. We graduate, get a
Have you ever had someone help you assess your current state of being and/or success? Has that person helped you see opportunities and obstacles in your situation? Has that person helped you take a path of inspired action? If so, you have been in the presence of a coach. A coach helps you identify where
I’m now completing my 29th year serving as a professional educator. Maybe it’s my age, maybe it’s my experiences, or maybe it’s my own emotional fatigue, but it seems to me that students are arriving at our school doors carrying heavier and heavier burdens than in years past. Feelings of detachment and despondency are becoming
Over the weekend I attended a performance of Leonard Bernstein’s “Candide” at Indiana University. Prior to the performance, a musicology graduate student gave a presentation regarding the history of the opera, the major themes of the opera, and character development in the opera. The presentation included visuals, sound samples, and several laughs. It was entertaining
Aside from music classes, I gravitated toward creative writing classes in high school. I enjoyed expressing my thoughts and feelings and attitudes using the written word. I particularly enjoyed poetry, because in a very short work I could release whatever was inside at the moment. I even went to a public poetry reading and read
My high school didn’t have a debate team, but if they would have I would definitely have been a member. I enjoy the process of formulating informed decisions and challenging the thinking of others. Such exchanges are healthy and quite useful in learning. Debate is a practice that can be employed in an expression-driven classroom.
For years we heard that teachers were the “sage on the stage” lecturing students as the primary mode of instruction. As we learned more about pedagogy, we began to hear that teachers were the “guide to the side” collaborating with students as a primary mode of instruction. In the expression-driven classroom, the teacher takes on
I may be a rarity in administrative circles, because I genuinely enjoyed cafeteria supervision when I was a high school administrator. The reason I enjoyed lunch time with our students is because it gave me opportunities to talk with students about whatever they wanted to talk about. I learned a lot, and on some occasions
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