A Fresh Start

In the next few weeks, I plan on really getting back to the kind of teaching that I think my students need. It's sad to say, but with my student teacher teaching, I feel like my classroom has gotten much more teacher directed and much less about letting the kids make choices in their learning. Again, in any kind of traditional school, kids can only make so many choices, but they've lost some of them.

All that being said, I think my student teacher will be a great teacher. She's miles ahead of where I was when I started teaching, at least in terms of theories of education and discipline. Once she has her own classroom, I'm sure she's going to do a great job.

Next for me, is really trying to help kids find their creativity. Now, how to do that...