So Annie did not pull my hair today but she did yank a bit of moms on her way out of the vehicle this morning. It was a rough start but she walked in on her own and was in class participating within 20 minutes. She made it through the whole day without crying and was able to function in short time periods without me or the ESL teacher. Now we are getting somewhere! I guess, for Annie, the solution was to rip the band-aid fast.
One of my other ESL teachers gave a presentation today on Cultural Competancy. One of her slides talked about embracing bacteria because it is the only culture some people have! Cultural competancy basically comes down to having good manners, being polite and treating others like human beings. Cultural competance goes so much deeper than ethnicity or region of origin, cultural competance applies to the culture of an organization or family as well.
I talked with my staff on our first day together about walking with purpose and that our major focus this year would be on how we do things. How we approach instruction, how we treat each other and how we treat our students. The how has so much more of an impact than the what. Walk with purpose...
...and carry high expectations
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