Every spring semester I teach the student teaching class. This involves a two and a half hour weekly class seminar, plus regular visits to the field where student teachers are working 12 – 15 hours a week in a early care and education setting. I generally keep the placements nearby to the college to keep […]
Entries Tagged as 'Education'
89 days and pre-service teachers
March 5th, 2014 · Comments Off on 89 days and pre-service teachers · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, Teaching & Learning, Work
Tags: child care·college·learning·pre-service teachers·retirement·teaching·time·travel·Work
90 days and laughter
March 4th, 2014 · Comments Off on 90 days and laughter · 100 Days Project, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Work
Today a colleague stopped by to ask how I was doing, and to find out how I was feeling about my approaching retirement. I said in reply, “There’s a lot of lasts.” He answered, “I’m so glad there are a lot of laughs!” Yep, you know, you’re right, there’s a lot of laughs too! Best […]
Tags: conversations·laugh·retirement·Work
93 days and grandparents
February 28th, 2014 · Comments Off on 93 days and grandparents · 100 Days Project, Children, Education, family, Grandparents, Musings, retirement, Work
I had the pleasure of being an 8 year old’s adopted grandmother this morning. My granddaughter, who attends a private school, has a best friend who attends the public school. They met in the kindergarten year at the private school. The best friend doesn’t have any local grandparents, and so I was honored to be […]
Tags: aging·Children·community·daughter·family·grandparent·learning·New England·reading·retirement·school·teaching·Work
95 days and a baby
February 26th, 2014 · Comments Off on 95 days and a baby · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time
I’m so excited this morning that I need to make a note before the afternoon passes! And, the reality of today is that my Wednesdays are very full and busy so I’d best post now! Today, at lunch time, I get to meet a newborn. The baby is the child of one of our college’s […]
Tags: blogging·Children·college·learning·reading·retirement·teaching·time·Work
96 days
February 25th, 2014 · Comments Off on 96 days · 100 Days Project, Children, College students, Education, Musings, retirement, Teaching & Learning, time, Work
The joy of observing a developing student teacher at work in a classroom was one of my tasks today. There is no doubt I will miss the privilege and opportunity to support student teachers. It is, at times, hard work. There is always the threat that the placement and/or cooperating teacher is not a good […]