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In honor of all the teachers out there - wishing you a successful 5782!
In honor of all the teachers out there - wishing you a successful 5782!
The past couple weeks we've been running our annual JTI training program for new Jewish day school teachers.
Teachers who receive proper training and mentoring (known as "onboarding" in current lingo) are significantly more likely to stay on the job long-term. Kind of obvious, right? What is less obvious is how much money it saves a school by investing in such training and mentoring.
Due to the "early" Rosh Hashana, every school seems to be on a different schedule and to make it even more interesting, this year's teacher shortage is even greater than usual and there are some very last minute hires happening.
These last-minute hires often have the three C's — caring, conscientious, and clueless.
The clueless part can be overcome with training and mentoring. That's where JTI comes in.
One of the teachers I trained this week couldn't believe it when I told her not to expect middle school students to know how to take notes. I explained how to teach note-taking by chunking the information and constantly checking for compliance.
In my opinion, one of the keys to being a great teacher is to take the time to figure out where your students are and start there, rather than to expect them somehow to raise themselves up to whatever level you decide to teach at.
Question for your table - what are the keys to being a great teacher in your opinion?
Shabbat Shalom
Teachers who receive proper training and mentoring (known as "onboarding" in current lingo) are significantly more likely to stay on the job long-term. Kind of obvious, right? What is less obvious is how much money it saves a school by investing in such training and mentoring.
Due to the "early" Rosh Hashana, every school seems to be on a different schedule and to make it even more interesting, this year's teacher shortage is even greater than usual and there are some very last minute hires happening.
These last-minute hires often have the three C's — caring, conscientious, and clueless.
The clueless part can be overcome with training and mentoring. That's where JTI comes in.
One of the teachers I trained this week couldn't believe it when I told her not to expect middle school students to know how to take notes. I explained how to teach note-taking by chunking the information and constantly checking for compliance.
In my opinion, one of the keys to being a great teacher is to take the time to figure out where your students are and start there, rather than to expect them somehow to raise themselves up to whatever level you decide to teach at.
Question for your table - what are the keys to being a great teacher in your opinion?
Shabbat Shalom
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