Mrs. E. Albuoy shares her story

Let's start a Para-Educator's goup!!

Ms. Douglas shares her vision of a group for Para-educators.

Ms. Douglas shares a touching story

Many times in teaching and working with young scholars one wonders if they are really getting through, here, Ms. Douglas shares one of her success stories. Be encouraged!

Powerful People!!!

Let me start by saying that the Talking Teacher loves 24th of May, in fact, it has to be the best holiday that Bermuda has as far as he is concerned. The floats, the bands, the schools the everything made the parade wonderful!! The race in the morning, I love it!!! Clapping the runners on, and cheering for them, gotta love it. The Talking Teacher stays until the last runner passes by as he feels that the last runner needs the encouragement more than the first ones. 

On another note, The Talking Teacher makes a motion that we ban Mondays from the work calendar. The week will go by faster and We will feel fresher by the time Wednesday comes...he he he 

But on to the matter at hand....

I must apologize that we do not have the audio to post of this afternoon's show, there was a technical glitch and we were not able to record it. This was a wonderful show though, we had Ms. Tina Duke, Ms. C. Douglas and Mrs. E. Albuoy were there to explain the roles of a para-educator and what they are trying to do to help our young scholars. These para-educators have been given the nickname- the Progressive Paras, as they are forward thinking and do things that are out of the ordinary. This view took them all the way to New Mexico where they attended a conference tailored to meet their needs. WOW!!!!! The Talking Teacher is impressed, to be really honest with you, I never even knew that these types of opportunities were available for them, but am glad to know that these professionals took advantage of what was there.

In fact, the show was so great, and these professionals are so progressively minded that a challenge was put out to them. In fact this challenge makes much sense, a lot of time, our para-educators feel that their voice is not heard and they do not have fair representation. The idea was floated that they form their own group, organization, under the B.U.T. umbrella. What a great idea!! Interested? shoot them an email at tduke@cedarbridge.doe.bm, they would love to hear your imput.

Johnny Meets the Bloom's- EXCLUSIVE!!!!!

EXCLUSIVE TEACHER TALK CONTENT!!!!!

Johnny Meets the Bloom's-A Teacher Talk Exclusive!!

Teacher Talk always has the tentacles of knowledge searching under every crack and crevice, looking for outstanding and noteworthy things. Well, we would like to thank P3 Maybury-Ming for sharing this excellent skit with us! It is called "Johnny Meets the Bloom's", and is a cute guide to Bloom's Taxonomy. What is this Bloom's Taxonomy you may ask? This is the guide that a teacher uses to ensure that all levels and styles of learning are addressed in a lesson, this is the guide that makes the difference between a successful lesson and one that may not reach all students. Isn't it great that these P3 students understand it a bit more through the use of this skit? The Talking Teacher is blown away and would like to thank P3 Maybury-Ming, the parents who rehearsed the lines with their children, and especially the stars of the clip, the reason why we get out of bed every morning....(drum roll please...) THE STUDENTS!!!!!!!! We take our hats off for you!! :)


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Encouraged!!

So, after being admittedly hesitant about this reform process, the Talking Teacher can say, that after having a heart to heart conversation with our guests, confidence has been restored. Sometimes, misconceptions, fears, and rumors can damage things, and when there is a break in the bridge of communication, sometimes, these thoughts and misconceptions are given free reign. I must say, that nothing beats talking to the source, nothing beats talking, and asking questions, the real pressing, burning questions, the ones that really matter to you. So, The Talking Teacher must say- be encouraged, yes it may be scary, yes, some of the players may offend you, but overall, we must push for the best. If you pray, pray that God, leads these people in making the right decisions for our country. We can do it people, let's get to it- our country is depending on us, our children are depending on us, we can't let them down... Selah-think on these things.