In-service Time

For the last two days I was part of the in-service at Central Minnesota Christian School in Prinsburg. It was a real honor to be surrounded by many teachers and feel part of everything that was happening. After breakfast, we did introductions and described our summer in four words or less. Following introductions, we had a speaker come and talk about adoption and how children who are adopted may feel. She told her personal story of what she went through as a Korean American adoptee. She talked about diversity and how important it is to consider a multicultural classroom in our school. I enjoyed listening to her story and thinking about how important it is to be sensitive to my future students and their different backgrounds. I think I have a great opportunity to teach about diversity because I will be teaching Spanish and about foreign cultures. It is important to show my students that being different does not mean that it is bad, rather is a great way of learning about others and ourselves.

Today we learned a little bit about how to use technology in the classroom and we also did some activities  to get to know each other a little more. One of the questions that we had to ask others and also answer was why do we teach. I said that even though I am just starting, I would like to teach to inspire others. I want to be able to see what my students can achieve and who they can be and kindly show it to them. I want to see them applying what they have learned outside of the school. I think I would be proud of them if I see them trying to talk in Spanish to a Hispanic lady in the restaurant. I would like to see them trying to learn Spanish and appreciating other cultures. It is fun to imagine how I will be with my students and all that together we could learn.

I really appreciated having an in-service time because I was able to meet other teachers and get a little more acquainted with the school culture and with people from the school. I am excited fpr this coming week when I will be able to meet the students and observe how the school routine goes.