New Teacher Tips - What Is Your Intent?

It's Monday again and for some teachers that can either mean drudgery or a renewed sense of possibility.

When I'm feeling stuck, I look at my teaching/writing plan. How many goals have I personalized?

By personalizing teaching goals, I mean, am I jam packing my schedule so much so that I need to keep the pace with the curriculum? Or, am I including activities that give me self-fulfillment and help build a sense of connection?

In terms of my classroom management plan, am I aligning my rules and procedures with the person inside of my own teacher?

On a day to day - go forward basis, am I making classroom decisions honestly from who I am as a person or simply because it has to be?

My guess is that you are doing a combination of the two.

But here's a tip - the more personalized your goals are, the more focused you'll be in the moment and CONTINUE to maintain that focus on your students. You'll be able to teach more successfully because you won't be distracted by your own thoughts in terms of what you think you SHOULD be teaching. Rather, you are teaching what you want to teach.

Does that make any sense?

It does for me. Every Monday when I look at my teaching/writing plan for the week, I look at the intent behind the goals and activities. That usually shows me how aligned they are for my overal teaching/writing goals.

A teacher's intent is a very powerful thing and can make a difference between a good lesson and a floppy one.

So follow your intent for this new week today. What are you waiting for?

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