For Effective Schools, Teamwork is Not Optional

"The truth is that no industry succeeds in isolation or secrecy."

http://www.edutopia.org/blog/effective-schools-teamwork-not-optional-sean-glaze

"Every New Beginning Comes from Some Other Beginning's End."

It is a very bittersweet moment to report that my student teaching year has come to an end. I will miss the students, staff, and colleagues that I have come to know over the past year, very much. They have taught me more than any textbook or lecture ever has. I learned things that I never thought I would. I was faced with challenges that I never thought I would. However, I would not trade my experience for anything. I now will move on to the next chapter of my life and continue to impact children's lives forever. 

"Every new beginning comes from some other beginning's end."

On the last day of student teaching, I gave my students a little gift that I made. A few days before, I had my students write down one positive adjective or attribute for each of their classmates and for my cooperating teacher. I then took their adjectives and made a word cloud for each of my students using tagxedo.com. 

The students were so delighted and happy to read what their classmates thought of them. All of them (even the boys I thought would think it was sappy ;)), were walking around the room showing off their "hand prints." The students all were smiling. It was a great moment to end the day with.