Return-Path: <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Received: from literacy (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by literacy.nifl.gov (8.10.2/8.10.2) with SMTP id i35C9Hm20727; Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:09:17 -0400 (EDT) Date: Mon, 5 Apr 2004 08:09:17 -0400 (EDT) Message-Id: <89.75df8f7.2da03c9b@aol.com> Errors-To: listowner@literacy.nifl.gov Reply-To: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Originator: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Sender: nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov Precedence: bulk From: MWPotts2001@aol.com To: Multiple recipients of list <nifl-4eff@literacy.nifl.gov> Subject: [NIFL-4EFF:2729] What keeps teachers going X-Listprocessor-Version: 6.0c -- ListProcessor by Anastasios Kotsikonas X-Mailer: 9.0 for Windows sub 5015 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Type: text/plain; charset="US-ASCII" Status: O Content-Length: 1201 Lines: 28 Colleagues, The article below from the PEN Weekly Newsblast for 4/2/04 interested me because of a recent conversation with an EFF Teacher, who said that what keeps her going is the support of other EFF teachers. They meet and talk about their ideas and ideologies, their leanings and learnings. The next session in the classroom is always easier, she said. Sound familiar? WHAT KEEPS TEACHERS GOING While many teachers enter the profession expecting to change the world, they eventually learn to temper that ambition. "Teachers who stay in the profession come to realize that they cannot go it alone," said Sonia Nieto, professor of language, literacy, and culture. Nieto's analysis is based on a one-year study involving a focus group of 12 teachers who each had more than two decades of experience, reports Barbara Gleason. One characteristic of teachers who last and prosper is their ability to bring their cultural and experiential backgrounds into the classroom. Nieto observed, "Teachers who last simply cannot leave their values at the [classroom] door." http://www.ascd.org/cms/index.cfm?TheViewID=2420 All the Best, Meta Potts FOCUS on Literacy Glen Allen, VA mwpotts2001@aol.com
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