Passion with Balance How to Maintain Your Zeal for Things Academic in the midst of the Insanity of EOY Kjell Fenn (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Reigniting the Passion of Teaching When there’s only 58 days left! (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Are We Almost There? (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Have you experienced this? (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

We have to remind ourselves that our jobs are meaningful (the pay doesn’t match the meaningfulness, but we are passionate about what we do) 30% of student growth is due directly to effective teachers (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Teachers as Trains At the beginning of the school year we have X number of cars, and every month (or maybe every week, or every day) a new car is added, yet none are removed. - teaching 5 classes - hall duty or lunch duty or duty duty - parents - students w disabilities - students who are often out of the school or late - pie sales, bake sales, costume parties, assemblies, fire drills, field trips, etc. (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

The Bullet Train (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Passion (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

The Balance (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Speak positively “Stick and stones...” How we feel is a direct result of the words spoken to us, about us, and from us. Memory comes from emotional attachments Not sugarcoating – finding the genuine positive aspect of the situation (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Make the most of the time In the classroom On break/Prep time Passion is the fuel for activity, and inactivity is the fuel for boredom At home (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Inquire within Check your motives –Look at your behaviors Find your strengths Ignore the weaknesses Challenge the weaknesses (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Learn more About the art of teaching –Observe others –Discuss ideas About the science of teaching –Proactively seek more information –Proactively seek more knowledge –Proactively seek more skills About kids –Interests –Talents –Strengths (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Encourage others Support is additive –As one encourages another, both are heartened. Students need it, too –We easily forget that if we feel dispassionate and stressed, so do the students! (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

5 Habits S peak positively M ake the most of the time I nquire within L earn more E ncourage others (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Smile "It has been said that it takes 43 muscles to frown, but only 17 muscles to smile and that makes it 2.5 times easier to smile." ~ Michael D. Gray (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

On Opportunities Teachers are the ones who prepare students for boarding We help them pack We give them directions We make their lunches We show them the train station We teach them to read the train schedule We buy their tickets of preparedness (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

Greatness Greatness is determined by effect. –A game is great because it excites an audience. –A mechanic is great because the car is fixed. –A chef is great because the food is delicious –A book is great because it arouses deep imagination and thought. (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

A student knows what a 3 is What 3 x 3 is What the square root of 3 is How to determine that if he has 3 friends and they all want 3 hot dogs which each cost 30 Lps, what the cost will be. (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

A student knows what a plot is What a theme is How to determine characters’ motives In what ways context effects those characters and the story How to detect if she is being manipulated by peers, salesmen, or politicians. (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013

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Thank you! Remember to SMILE and Remember that you are preparing kids for greatness! Kjell Fenn (c) kfennconsulting.com 2013