Matt’s Notes
Gabba-Gabba-Hey, my dudes! It’s that time of year again! The fall of times, that is! And the EnT is back like a heart attack! To wit: we are pulling up awkwardly but undeterredly with this here dissemination [sic] on starting points for a new school year! So pitter-patter, let’s get at ‘er!
For those audiophiles among you educators… we salute you! #ednontech
Teaching On the Way, M’Kay?
We’re jumping into the year with both feet!
How could we not be?
Listen, in the spirit of keeping things easy for us early in the term… I’ll save the content-heavier parts of what I would normally say here… for later!
I’ve been telling my awesome, brilliant, dynamic students about my background in uh… e-learning, curriculum, instructional design, faculty development… and ed non-tech! I’m somehow in this genius… that is to say singular opportunity to spend at least the next two years talking and thinking and sharing and scheming all about various aspects of English literature! And all the attendant spin-offs, fandoms, cultures, side industries, and every other media offshoot you’d want to uh… posit!
We’re spending time with Kurt Vonnegut, Mary Shelley, Drawn & Quarterly publications… and a whole raft of authors suggested by students for novels, poetry, short stories, non-fiction, and various other genres and formats…
Beginning next week, we’re spending time on Indigenous narratives, and ways of knowing and being! I am stoked beyond belief to have the opportunity to explore Indigenous stories and culture within the context of the English lit class! I am excited to see what the students bring to the weeks through their assignments… and what they take away from it going into the rest of our course!
Our chat during the recording about work-life balance really landed for me… as I think I said, due largely to the close association between balance and wellness! In my experience, wellness has to come first! There were occasions in my past where I still had to learn how to prioritize my well-being… as necessary to everything I was involved in.
And to that end, I’ll close out these here (rockin’!) notes! We are looking to get back to a weekly-ish schedule with this here EnT season three, so that is something we hope you might look forward to!
Doug’s Notes
Starting points for a new school year
Teachers are faced with a central contradiction in their work, a contradiction that makes it incumbent upon each one of them to develop a style that is individual and personal… The cognitive mission demands a repertoire of skills in moving a group and making sure that knowledge builds, extends and is learned. The affective mission requires that teachers somehow make friends with their students, motivate them, arouse their interest and engage them on a personal level.
Lieberman, A., & Miller, L. (1978). The social realities of teaching. Teachers College Record, 80(1), 1-11.
When a teacher contract is signed, a dual commitment is made. What the teacher pledges is explicitly stated in the contract. Implicit is the principal’s pledge to assist the teacher to grow as a Christian person and an educator.
Egan, K. (1981). Beginnings: The Orientation of New Teachers.
It appeared that the beginning teachers’ key issues focused on: managing student behaviour and creating a work-life balance, in which resilience strategies needed to be part of the preservice teacher development.
Hudson, P. (2012). How can schools support beginning teachers?: A call for timely induction and mentoring for effective teaching. Australian Journal of Teacher Education (Online), 37(7), 71-84.
It’s a great feeling to look around your classroom and realize that everyone is learning.
Thompson, J. G. (2013). The first-year teacher’s survival guide: Ready-to-use strategies, tools and activities for meeting the challenges of each school day. John Wiley & Sons.
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Starting
Question of the Podcast
How can educators get supported with the start of the new school year?
Phrase of the Podcast
Work / life balance is a topic of a show
You know we’re looking forward until next time!
Rock, rock, rock ‘n’ roll high school
‘Cause that’s not where I wanna be
Rock, rock, rock ‘n’ roll high school #ednontech
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