Summer is here, complete with sunny skies, people-filled parks, afternoon thunderstorms, fireflies, watermelon… and, oh yeah, education classes.For those of you who will go into the classroom for the first time this fall, your moments of summertime relaxation are undoubtedly punctuated by moments when the butterflies in your stomach remind you of the adventure ahead.
For those of you who will begin your second year as teachers this fall, you’re probably loading up on the sleep you lost but still feeling a little nervous about how the year ahead might be different from the year gone by.
And the classes you’re taking are probably making the butterflies flutter a little bit more. You may be thinking “I have to know all about child development and teaching Biology?” “I have to learn how to set up authentic assessments and set up my classroom?” “I have to come up with questions for my students that scale Bloom’s Taxonomy in addition to finding answers to my own questions about being a teacher?”
It can all be a little overwhelming but the Inspired AQUE blog and Center for Inspired Teaching are here to help. We can make this resource as useful as you want it to be. This week we’d love to hear:
- your questions
- your musings
- your concerns
- your curiosities
Send us your comments! We’ll post them and respond as quickly as possible. Together we can make this an open and rich dialogue.
Among the many things you feel when you become a teacher – from butterflies to bliss to the blues – we will do our best to always be a resource that keeps you from feeling alone.
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