I had the privilege of teaching a summer institute workshop this week entitled, Best Instructional Practices. It was an eye opening experience, and I'm very thankful to work with such gracious teachers.
I realized a few things:
1. I had to spend 4-5 hours developing my outline and materials. It was much more time consuming than originally expected.
2. I'm not as clear as I thought! I would really like to develop the workshop and better set of assessments, goals, and expectations.
3. Teaching teachers is TERRIFYING, but I adjusted well after the first day.
4. One hour of teaching/speaking is incredibly draining.
5. One of my assessments was having the teachers prepare a lesson and teach to their peers. I was able to give input, and evaluate, and it was hilarious to see them SCARED of teaching content that is old stuff. I think it was a wonderful exercise and to see them appreciate the constructive input and see the pieces come together was so much fun!
6. Public speaking is nerve wracking, but practice really does make perfect!
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