Greetings & Salutations,
I've been quiet of late, because I stepped out of a teaching
and directing role into that of a children’s services advisor. A large part of
that job meant I had, I suppose access to people’s secrets, insecurities, strengths
and challenges. I wanted my relationships with the educators that I was working
with in a mentoring capacity to be based upon trust. While, for the most part,
my blog is anonymous, I didn't want to take advantage of others and betray
trust. That’s not cool. At all. So I've been quiet more or less for two years. I've
still been reflecting, but it’s been more on the inside than the out.
I'm going to be entering into a new phase in my life so that
may lead to more documented reflections. I will be pondering the direction of
this blog, but I think that I will write about my teaching practice more than
anything else. I know I've been political and I know I've thrown around
judgements ... but as I may be teaching again, I think I want to really turn
the lens towards myself and my skills, strengths and challenges. I'm certainly
an imperfect teacher.
I mentioned previously that I wanted to work on Reflective Practice and Intentional Teaching and that still
stands. Those two notions will tie in perfectly with the direction I’d like to
take this blog. So there we have it.
So that’s where things will most likely be heading ... Stay
tuned.
G @ Teacher's Ink.
