Comments on: A Very Good Start! http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/ Fri, 20 Nov 2009 19:16:02 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.4 hourly 1 By: Joe http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-780 Joe Mon, 22 Sep 2008 00:07:59 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-780 Roberta, sure thing. I'll do that as my post for Monday. Roberta, sure thing. I’ll do that as my post for Monday.

]]> By: Roberta http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-779 Roberta Fri, 19 Sep 2008 20:56:46 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-779 Would you share your classroom covenant? Thanks. Would you share your classroom covenant?

Thanks.

]]> By: Joe http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-772 Joe Sun, 14 Sep 2008 03:21:44 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-772 By all means,Frank. Have a good "Getting Started" session! By all means,Frank. Have a good “Getting Started” session!

]]> By: Frank http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-771 Frank Fri, 12 Sep 2008 19:48:55 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-771 Joe I am teaching a "Getting Started" to new catechists. Do you mind if I share your account of your first day with them? Frank Joe
I am teaching a “Getting Started” to new catechists. Do you mind if I share your account of your first day with them?
Frank

]]> By: Joe http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-774 Joe Wed, 10 Sep 2008 01:00:26 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-774 Brad, good luck with your first class...I hope you get off to a great start as I'm sure you will. Good point about making a distinction between a little goofing and disrespect. Like you said, a quick measured response is what's needed. Brad, good luck with your first class…I hope you get off to a great start as I’m sure you will. Good point about making a distinction between a little goofing and disrespect. Like you said, a quick measured response is what’s needed.

]]> By: Brad http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-773 Brad Tue, 09 Sep 2008 21:12:58 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-773 I enjoyed reading about your first day. We begin tomorrow and I too have a room with just long tables and chairs that can be reshaped in many ways. Very fortunate because the classroom setting is such a turn off to the older kids. We have to be careful differentiating between kids goofing a little and when they are disrespectful. I love to have fun too and it can be part of a teaching moment while lack of respect can ruin a class if not dealt with quickly. I learned that the hard way. Thanks for sharing the good and otherwise. I enjoyed reading about your first day. We begin tomorrow and I too have a room with just long tables and chairs that can be reshaped in many ways. Very fortunate because the classroom setting is such a turn off to the older kids.

We have to be careful differentiating between kids goofing a little and when they are disrespectful. I love to have fun too and it can be part of a teaching moment while lack of respect can ruin a class if not dealt with quickly. I learned that the hard way.

Thanks for sharing the good and otherwise.

]]> By: Joe http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-778 Joe Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:43:29 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-778 Thanks, man na, for your feedback and affirmation. It's important that I share the real struggles and challenges that arise in class lest I paint too rosy a picture of how things are going. If I simply said that the kids spontaneously joined in singing On Eagles Wings, that would sound just way too idyllic! The sacrastic singing was real and not totally unexpected. At the same time, it wasn't done with malice...it just needed to be addressed. These are the things we experience along the way and I'm glad to share them with folks so that we can work together to become more and more effective! Thanks, man na, for your feedback and affirmation. It’s important that I share the real struggles and challenges that arise in class lest I paint too rosy a picture of how things are going. If I simply said that the kids spontaneously joined in singing On Eagles Wings, that would sound just way too idyllic! The sacrastic singing was real and not totally unexpected. At the same time, it wasn’t done with malice…it just needed to be addressed. These are the things we experience along the way and I’m glad to share them with folks so that we can work together to become more and more effective!

]]> By: Joe http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-777 Joe Tue, 09 Sep 2008 19:34:45 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-777 el-e-e, thanks for your kind words. I do think the kids were convinced that I mean business and have a plan and I think that communicating those 2 things can go a long way in setting the tone. el-e-e, thanks for your kind words. I do think the kids were convinced that I mean business and have a plan and I think that communicating those 2 things can go a long way in setting the tone.

]]> By: el-e-e http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-776 el-e-e Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:13:10 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-776 Wow, what a great lesson plan! Very impressed. I know the kids were, too, whether they'd ever admit it or not. ;) Wow, what a great lesson plan! Very impressed. I know the kids were, too, whether they’d ever admit it or not. ;)

]]> By: man na http://catechistsjourney.loyolapress.com/2008/09/09/a-very-good-start/comment-page-1/#comment-775 man na Tue, 09 Sep 2008 17:08:21 +0000 http://www.catechistsjourney.org/?p=477#comment-775 Dear Joe, Thanks for sharing your journey! How awesome to hear what your plan was and what actually happened and how you handled the sarcastic singing. This is just such a gift to share with catechists!!! Thanks so much for being so visible and helpful and open to sharing the gifts God has given you!!! In Christ, man na Dear Joe,
Thanks for sharing your journey! How awesome to hear what your plan was and what actually happened and how you handled the sarcastic singing. This is just such a gift to share with catechists!!! Thanks so much for being so visible and helpful and open to sharing the gifts God has given you!!! In Christ, man na

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