Reflections from New Teachers....

Recent Reflections from New Teachers. 

  It's difficult to believe that almost 4 months of school will be in your past and will become part of your professional learning repertoire.  

At this point in your work, you have had the opportunity to experience many things,"teaching & learning." Just to name a few;  School start up, Report cards, Writing comments, Parent teacher interviews, Parent phone calls,  Lesson planning, Lesson planning for diverse needs, WE day, Halloween activities, Holiday concerts and the list goes on. 

Over the last few weeks, during my classroom visits and observations with teachers I have had the opportunity to have some very meaningful and insightful conversations.   One of the most common statements goes something like this:  

"They really don't teach you about all of these things in the Faculty of Education.  I feel that there is a bit of a disconnect between the theory of teaching and the practice of teaching.  We have beliefs about teaching and learning, and then there are the behaviors of how to do the teaching.  Sometimes, I feel like these two parts do not always come together so clearly."  

What are your thoughts about this?