#reflective practices

During all my Coach Training Programs, almost everytime, I have atleast one person asking me ‘How much time does it take to become a good coach?” I smile, while I respond in the form of another question. “How much time does it take to be a good father?” How much time does it take to be a good sister?”, “How much time does it take to be a good teacher? Or for that matter, any other plays a crucial role in your life. I personally believe, that becoming a coach is a lifetime journey and takes a lot of effort to climb this mountain and reach the zenith. Had the question been “How much time does it take to do coaching?” my answer would be, “It takes 3-4 days” to learn how to coach with some basic competencies that could help in engaging with others, including active listening, asking questions, Building Rapport.

Correction, ALL of the thinking I do, with relation to my studies, is reflective. I am basically picking up a new piece of information related to equity, questioning, methodology, instruction, classroom procedures, discipline, discourse, and on and on and on ...  IF i went back to teach my middle school classrooms, all over again, my classroom would be SOOOOOOOO different.   Also, I wish I could go back and see what I was doing. Did I call on more guys than gals?  Did I favor one race over another? Could I have questioned my students more effectively? With classroom discourse, were my students talking among themselves or through me?

Reflection

So on Mondays, I figured to keep the post to some educational items, especially if I can reflect on some of the goals I set for last week. Just to recap:

1) Become a visual math teacher!

2) More concepts, less procedural!

3) Patience and Consistency

I will say that today, during the Math period, I definitely addressed the idea of “conceptual” and “procedural.”  However, I believe I’ll…