Look what I Created!

After I got wrangled into teaching a Teacher Training Seminar, I discovered that I loved it.  I've always considered myself to be a teacher of content and ideas, not a teacher of methodology.  It turns out, I totally rock at it.  I guess all those post-grad classes come in handy after all.  Not only did I have the privilege of meeting 8 outstanding young people, but I got the rare opportunity to assist with improving teaching techniques and pedagogy in a country that desperately needs it. 

When I first arrived at my school, I felt like I had entered a time machine and wound up in a school circa 1750.  There were wooden benches filled with children who copied everything I did, and to them, school was all about rote bookwork and memorization.  The concept of originality was unheard of.  I couldn't get the students to form an independent thought for months.  That, of course, has changed now, at least in my classes.  Bookwork just sucks.  Good teaching is an art form!  It a combination of a Broadway play, comedic performance, and gifted storyteller - all while keeping the monkeys from taking over. 

So, I taught my future educators how to teach - Kerri style.  They learned how to create important, useful, and entertaining lesson plans.  They also may have learned a bunch of other stuff which I am not at liberty to discuss.  That will remain our secret...at least for now.  Bwahaha!