I just finished and submitted my 2nd graduate level research paper ever. I don’t know if I am getting better at them, but I have felt so accomplished after both that I have completed so far. It is so satisfying to look back and see how much work over time has been put in and seeing how the results pan out.
This week our focus topic was about knowledge creation and sharing. I have a few close friends that are within the school district and I find each week talking more and more about the EQ with them. It always starts with how I reflect on the way things are done at a building level by my principal and then throughout the week I really see how I can also be making an impact. This week, I learned from Josie, Jim, and Natalie. Jim shared about having time to collaborate with other teachers and the different kind of knowledge we can share. I really agreed with how Jim pointed out how hard it is to share tacit knowledge. I encounter this many times with paraprofessionals and teaching them to work with students that have very difficult behaviors. Josie reflected on what a healthy organization looks like. It was helpful to see this list and think about the ways that I can contribute to making the school a healthy organization. Natalie talked about strategies to focus on when collaborating with other teachers. It made me reflect on how I can get so overwhelmed when I hear all the things other teachers are doing, but I feel so much better when I can observe and see them do the practices in action. My blog influenced the learning of Natalie this week. She shared that it was powerful to hear that outside consultants can be helpful to staff. Her experience was not so. The reason my experience was so worthwhile is that I had a leader that respected and encouraged us really to listen and experiment with what the outside consultant said. She had delivered results in the past and the leader encouraged us to take what she said to heart.
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