The daily meanderings of a teacher

Bird Droppings October 14, 2018 Do great teachers truly use intuition?   I have mentioned over the years 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 aspect of observation.…

Bird Droppings October 11, 2018 How do you feed the wolves?   I walked outside very early this morning to a sky filled with clouds leaving and a brisk wind. Crickets were almost silent chirping slowly in the unusually warm weather. My morning started long before sunrise today and the sounds as I walked to…

Bird Droppings October 12, 2018 A chilly morning observation   I spent the better part of yesterday avoiding my direction so intent on the moment I was missing cues to the past and future. As an empathetic human being I get caught up at times in the emotions and feedback of the present. When I…

Bird Droppings October 10, 2018 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…

Bird Droppings October 6, 2018 Teach to where the learning will be not to where it is   It seems lately the pressure of old age has been weighing on my mind. Today is the first day in some time I felt pretty good it could be it is fall break and next week my…

Bird Droppings October 5, 2018 An eclectic morning   I was talking with the cashier at a local convenience store yesterday morning. We began discussing, The Davinci Code and other philosophical diversions and fearing death as a basis for religion came up.   “Learn as if you were going to live forever. Live as if…

Bird Droppings October 4, 2018 Silence is the most profound wisdom   I am sitting at least thinking about writing and working on my dissertation, Engaging curriculum through story telling. As I sit pondering on words something that is is what is on my mind right now. I just commented on a Facebook post about…

Bird Droppings October 3, 2018 Seeing puzzle pieces by being patient   Yesterday morning I decided to walk out to my quiet spot along an old stream bed by the house. As I ventured back a feather lay upon the path way. I picked up the feather and proceeded to my spot. I lit some…

Bird Droppings October 2, 2018 Why are we deliberately wrong?   I stopped playing the lottery many nearly two years ago but I will admit that on a previous Saturday night with a Powerball jackpot of only about one hundred fifty million dollars I was pondering retiring if I bought a ticket and won. I…

Bird Droppings October 1, 2018 Is the seat of the soul in the heart or mind?   I believe I was prepared from childhood to discuss this topic. It has been many years since my first introduction to Native Peoples. I was three or four years old when I first remember my father’s stories of…