Year End Planning

Although this may be January and we have just said to each other "Happy New Year", for educators it is time to look ahead toward the end of the school year.  For educators the time to say "Happy New Year" was back in August, when we returned to our schools from the summer break.  For educators, there are still six months left in which we can educate the students in our classrooms.  Six months of education left.  A semester's worth of education.

This means that there is still time during which we can do our best to make sure that we reach our educational goals.  The best way to do this is to plan for the end of the school year.  We have to evaluate our current educational goals, and if needed, make corrections and adjustments to ensure that they can be achieved.  Making corrections and adjustments to our educational plans will give us the flexibility to adjust to unforeseen events or needs that we may encounter along the school year.

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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Halfway Point

January marks the halfway point of the school year.  What we began to plan and prepare for before the school year began back in August, is now a reality that has been fulfilled halfway.  Though we have made plans and preparations for the entire school year back in August and well before then, there may have been some unexpected challenges that caused our plans to be adjusted.  This January halfway point can serve us as an excellent moment to take a look at what we have achieved, what we need to complete, and what corrections we must make so that we achieve completely the educational goals of this school year.

 By analyzing what we have done, where we are now, and that which is yet to be finished, educators can become organized and refocused.  This can then in turn help our students reach the educational goals and achievements which they need to successfully demonstrate before they can move on with further education.  As educators we are in a constant process of adaptation, implementation, and evaluation, and it is important that students, parents, and administrators be aware of how we manage this process, as well as how they benefit from it.  By taking charge of our lessons, curriculum, and classrooms during this halfway point in the school year, educators can demonstrate that they are educational leaders who are helping students develop into the future leaders of their communities.

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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Goals We Have Met

As we close our classrooms for the winter, it is important that we acknowledge the educational goals we have met.  Goals that we accomplished last year with our previous class of students, goals that we are working on to accomplish with next year's class of students.  We have worked together, in collaboration, toward the improvement of our education by achieving these goals.

The goals that we have met are of a great variety: Some are personal goals, others professional.  Some can seem simple and insignificant, but these may also prove to be some of our greatest challenges.  Yet other goals that we have labeled as complex and of great importance could have been accomplished with a great deal of ease.

Perhaps it is reaching out to a student in school who is having a difficult time breaking out of their shell, and with our help they begin to develop the social skills that will help them interact and socialize with their classmates.  Staying after school to help a group of students complete a project or just hang out until they are ready to be picked up from school.  Even helping a college during lunch break with the development of a lesson plan, grading homework, or to catch up on with our grades.

Our goals that we have met should be acknowledge and celebrated for we may know know just how meaningful they were to those who were on the receiving end of them.  All of us who are in education should make the time to say thank you and congratulations to each other as this year comes to an end this Winter break, and we look back on all the educational goals that we have met. 

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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