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<\/a><\/p>\nI imagined that each cubes represented one unit of productivity. So maybe this block represented one worksheet that I created, or a game that kids can play. For now let’s just say that this is instructional productivity, and not other things like discipline our data analysis.<\/p>\n
<\/a> As an undergrad I could really only make one or two of these daily units during my student teaching. During my first few days of teaching I could get maybe 10 or so of these, but they were all scattered. I didn’t have good transitions and I didn’t have a clear picture of things that could build to make a better experience for students.\u00a0The sideways cubes\u00a0represents stuff that I put a lot of effort into, but didn’t quite work (like yesterday’s worksheet<\/a>).<\/p>\n As I got better, a couple things started happening. I was able to start building towers. My coach was able to help see the way do now’s could be tied into the start of the lesson, and how that could build into a discussion. I worked with the special ed teacher to learn how to modify things for our population. My efforts got to build higher towers, and higher towers mean more student impact.<\/a><\/p>\n<\/a><\/p>\n
\nAs things started improving, however, more responsibilities that were unrelated started to creep in. Those maroon blocks represent the student discipline issues I had to take on because we didn’t have a dean my first year at the school.<\/p>\n
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