I put myself in charge.
And I say, "How could I be?" I know who's in
charge.
If they could think of the apple tree, they'd know
too.
Like a leaf of an apple tree, I shine right along with
many others, soaking up nutrients from the soil and
sun;
Mentors and Facilitators soak up ideas from each
other.
Sun or rain, the leaf stores or creates food for
thought; my leaf reads the weather messages and passes the
ideas on, adding new or varied thoughts to share to bring
the blossoms into a bright bloom of classroom ideas because
someone else shared and someone else added and someone else
questioned and someone else cheered.
And out of the email and team meetings, the blossoms
burst forth: writing plans K-12, EALR report cards,
secondary study skills, kissed pigs, primary science
writing, standardized five paragraph essay/expository format
STEPS; collaboration; reading and writing continuums;
determining criteria and assessments; great conversations
(email and otherwise).
Next year, who's in charge? Again, it will be all those
shining and sharing together, leaves lending nutrients to
the next in need. We're all in charge and changing.
Yes, I laugh out loud. This Project Real Tree took root,
blossomed, and spread its fruit well beyond its own
shade.
In charge of Project Real are all the Professionals
involved.
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I also put myself in charge.
Back in October, we had our first all group
meeting.
Friend, I wish you'd been here.
But since you weren't I'll tell you how it got to be one
of the first celebrations for me.
You can simply call them, rural, K-12 teacher if you
want to. Me, I think "teacher-leaders,"
"teacher-collaborators," "risk-takers" and "reflective
practitioners" have a better sound.
Well, anyway, it was amazing to be a part of their
planning conversations. I realized almost immediately that
these teams didn't need me to facilitate their deliberations
about what their collective objectives were for the year
ahead.
Anyone could see they were already making connections
between the EALRs, best practices, and their content
areas.
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