F2F3 Reflection

It’s late, but it’s here. I was happy walking out of the third face to face because I finally felt like I was able to push my negativity aside and embrace what was being given to me – an entire day to engage with this process and the growth that comes with it. Prior to this, I always walked out energized but when Monday morning hit, I was frustrated that I felt like I had made a whole bunch of progress in my thinking but then had no time to actually implement.

What I realized after the January meeting was that that was ok. If all that comes of this is formulating my plan in my head, wrapping my mind around an entire shift in my pedagogy, meeting people who are doing the same things as me – that is ok. I was given an entire day to do all of that and that is a gift. I am taking baby steps to work towards my goals (i.e. I now grant extensions left, right and centre and late marks don’t exist in my classes BUT they are not without a conversation with the student and a “forced” reflection on their part to talk about what happened and what can be done differently next time). Baby steps are still steps forward! Boom – lightbulb. I have struggled to embrace the “messy” in this whole process and as a primarily linear thinker, it has been a haul but I am so grateful for what I have learned so far. I will never be a master tweeter, or a prolific blogger but I will work towards my goal and I hope my students will be better for it.

 

That’s it. Nothing earth shattering. But for me, F2F3 was liberating.