Wednesday, September 8, 2010
I sometimes wish...
Does anyone else ever wish that they could go and see another school - where things are done differently, or where the demographics are wildly different. For example, I'd love to see what teaching in Portland - with all its diversity - would be like, but short of taking the plunge and trying to get hired, that isn't easy. It would be cool (though impracticable I suppose) if schools did teacher swaps - like you go teach at another school for a semester or a year - or a week....
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It would be interesting to go to another school, to see how the politcs are and what "programs" they use. however i think once you become established in that school and get to know the students, it would be very similiar. Teaching is teaching, writing is writing. maybe i am wrowng, because i have only taught in milford and brewer maine. But i think it is like when you move to a bigger/different ciy. people are people, once we gain the trust of our students/people we have find out we have more in common than we thought.
ReplyDeleteI would really be able to OBSERVE more teachers teaching than I do. I would really love to be able to do more of this in-house to see how my colleagues handle certain students and situations, and just to see what they are teaching.
ReplyDeleteI also sometimes wish I could switch grade-levels...but only for a day or two. I am curious enough to do it but when I listen to my mother-in-law's stories (1st grade)....I know I probably wouldn't last long!
Several years ago, we were fortunate to visit our colleagues in our own school. Our literacy specialist offered release time by teaching our class while we went to a different classroom during writing or reading workshop. It was very beneficial to everyone involved.
ReplyDeleteI have also found visiting other schools to be very worthwhile. I'm sure your school would allow you to do that as a professional day.
And if you're really interested, I think you could do a swap with another teacher in another country! I had a friend that did that. She went to Egypt for one year to teach and she never came back!