Last Year to Now

As December comes to an end, we are presented with the opportunity to reflect on what has taken place from last year to now.  In education, this reflection takes us back from last year's class of students, through Summer, to this year's class of students.  We have all grown over this time: Educators, Teachers, Students, Learners.

We should make time to look back at how we help our students close last year.  Review our thoughts and ideas, and draw from them for inspiration to create new ones.  Take a look at which lessons worked, which did not, which had an effect which we did not expect, and which lessons help lightened the mood of our students, allowing them to become engaged learners eager to search further on their own.

We should take the time to look back and remember how our teachers helped us last year.  Remember where we were at as students in last year's grade, and keep in mind where we are as students in this year's grade.  Reflect on what we have learned, how we learned it, and what we can do to apply this new knowledge to further our studies.

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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Transitioning

Transitioning

As we approach the close of the year, we prepare ourselves so we may transition from one year into another.   We look back at where we were back in January, and review the journey we have gone through for almost twelve months.  We picture ourselves with a new year to come, and a new slate upon which we can carve a new path.  For those who are in education, the transition period includes our march toward the halfway mark of the school year.

Last year to now

From last year to now, our students have completed and advanced a grade level, our teachers have taught last year's class and welcome this years students, our lives have been changed, in different degrees, by the events and experiences which we have faced.  There were summer plans, summer school, and summer camps during a break in which we we all preparing ourselves for the current academic year.  Teacher lesson plans were reviewed, recycled, rejected, and/or reinstated into their lessons, and students matured and grew up as they moved up further in their educational paths.

Now to next year

From now to next year, our students would have completed this grade level, and be on their way on to their next one.  Our teachers, having said farewell to this year's class, would be welcoming the next class of students entering their classrooms.  We do not know with certainty were we will be, but we hope that it will be in good conditions, a better situation.  We will do our best to anticipate the needs we may have, not just of our own, but for others as well.  Students will continue onward with their education while being guided by their teachers.

Continuation

For now, both students and teachers are going on with the continuation of this school year.  We are not quite at the halfway mark, but it will be here soon, and this transitioning period can be helpful in making adjustments to each others educational needs.   This is a period of school time in which both great progress and terrible loss can occur.  It is a time to become self-assessed and make sure that we are placing our collective efforts toward the betterment of our education.

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

Copyright 2013.  MRCR Educational Consulting Firm.  All Rights Reserved.

Transitioning and Celebrating

We are closing the year this December as we transition into a new year which shall begin, once again, as this year did, in January.  We are at a period in time when we are transitioning, and we are also celebrating.  During this period of time in which we are transitioning, we also celebrate and make time to reflect on the past, the present, and the future.

The Transitioning period can be defined by two components: Transition from Last Year to Now, and Transition from Now to Next Year.  We are coming out of the past and are going into the future.  We have learned the knowledge of what has been, and ponder the knowledge of what will be.  We take account and give projections, and hope and think of a better tomorrow.

The Celebrating period can be defined by two components: Celebration of Accomplishments to Date, and Celebration of Goals We have Met.  We have achieved accomplishments and met goals we set.  We are aware of what we have learned, and have learned to be disciplined by establishing ending periods.  We display our knowledge with pride but remain humble by our non-knowledge.

As we transition and celebrate, we learn about our personal education and growth as individuals, collectively as a people, while trying our best to prepare, present, and preserve a selected collection of knowledge and information for others to utilize.  We place ourselves in the posterity of time through the education we leave behind.

Author: Manuel R. CortezRodas - Educator

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