The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings October 21, 2020Trying to find where community exists It was some time back in my doctorial course work, I was in a class on educational communities which featured all total in the two courses fifteen texts. All of the texts have an under lying theme of caring and relationships as a key to…

Bird Droppings October 20, 2020An eclectic morning It has been a few years since over lunch a group of students and I began discussing, The Davinci Code and other philosophical diversions and fearing death as a basis for religion came up. As I get older sitting around wondering about life and death each little joint…

Bird Droppings October 19, 2020 What is that piece you cannot teach teachers? “Studies suggest that instructional and management processes are key to effectiveness, but many interview and survey responses about effective teaching emphasize the teacher’s affective characteristics, or social and emotional behaviors, more than pedagogical practice.” James H. Stronge, Qualities of Effective Teachers I…

Bird Droppings October 17, 2020 Within the circle of life, a new life coming I have wandered many miles the past few days. It has been a few days since my wife and I shared a trip to the North Georgia Mountains farmers market and today we will be looking for a few more pumpkins…

Bird Droppings October 16, 2020Words not spoken are some of the most profound wisdom I am sitting at least thinking about writing and working on a chapter for my dissertation words are what is on my mind right now. I just commented on a Facebook post about learning languages and how I know enough in…

Bird Droppings October 15, 2020Walking along the way in my own journey I walked nearly twice as far today as I did yesterday. I am trying to build up my endurance. As I think back over who I am as a teacher and as a person I often wonder as to how I came to…

Bird Droppings October 13, 2020 Hearing an owl “If you observe a really happy man you will find him building a boat, writing a symphony, educating his son, growing double dahlias in his garden. He will not be searching for happiness as if it were a collar button that has rolled under the radiator.” W.…

Bird Droppings October 12, 2020What about adding to our current reality TV: The great teachers of America? I am back in grad school and today working on writing. A time ago I had been set up to teach several new college classes when I received notification of a reduction in force just before I started on…

Bird Droppings October 9, 2020  We are so missing out on teaching creativity It was another quiet morning as I wandered out, although a bit too chilly for crickets and frogs. Yesterday afternoon as it warmed up, however, several tree frogs visited around the house. The air was still, not a breeze as I sat…

Bird Droppings October 8, 2020 Are great teachers intuitive? IESP I have mentioned in my writing that I can tell when a child has emotional issues most of the time, after observing a few minutes and listening. Granted, observations are part of most evaluations, but I was referring to an intuitive observation aspect. Something we…