Last week included my worst teaching of the year and also my favorite. The funny thing is that they were supposed to be the same content. Sometimes you write a teaching, you think it’s going to be great and then it falls flat. It’s worse when you are writing not only for yourself but also for other teachers on other campuses.
After teaching our high school students on Sunday night, I went back to the drawing board because, while it wasn’t a terrible teaching, it wasn’t clear or direct enough. It took some hard work and last minute fine tuning but I and was very pleased with what came out on Wednesday night at our middle school event.
This is the second teaching of our Wakes series and it’s all about how other people influence you. Check it out.
For me, it’s been 5 years since I’ve written curriculum and taught on a regular basis. I’m sort of relearning the art. Thankfully, my team and my boss have given me a lot of grace because there is a learning curve for this sort of thing. In my transition back into teaching and writing, I’ve found this model to be helpful:
http://uthmin.net/np-communicating-to-students-1/
http://uthmin.net/np-communicating-to-students-2/
