#7 : Feedback is the Breakfast of Champions
[This blog post is inspired by a rush of thoughts which floated through my mind over the last 3 days. Last week I conducted an "orientation program" at a well-known school in the city. I was referred to as the "speaker" in the tradition of their having a speaker at their term orientations. Despite my protest, facing a group of 100 teachers from pre-Primary to Higher Secondary level, I was branded the Speaker. However, this was a small glitch in an otherwise fabulous morning. Read on ... ] The topic I was to present, though limited by time and space, encompassed teaching skills, motivation, instant lesson planning and, because the teachers felt they needed something for their personal lives too, we added Time Management Tools. The precise content was not as important as the methods I have been used to employing. So, on with the show. I firmly believe that one has to live the part, so rather than deliver a talk, I found myself involving the teachers in inter...