Jacob Reflections

We arrived rather early at the Hershey Lodge with happy spirits and dreams of chocolate. Upon arrival, we checked in, found the room and made ourselves home. I kept thinking, “It’s going to be a good week.”

Carlotta Del Vecchio (CFF Coach New Castle School District) and I gathered our bags and searched endlessly for the Magnolia Room for the CFF Coaches meeting. I didn’t realize the immensity of the Hershey Lodge! The meeting covered Coaches’ Logs, Reflection and Steve Sassaman.

Steve is an uplifting and positive presenter. He was also a Keynote Presenter at the Keystone Technology Integrators Summit in July 2009. While, I understand he is a reliable presenter choice, it was challenging for me to find meaning in a similar presentation I had experienced a few months ago.

One coach made an excellent point and that is how we stress differentiation and engaging students with technology, yet when it comes to our own adult professional development, we do not complete the same lesson plans. I feel a strong message can be sent by the way we teach our own teachers. We need to start practicing what we expect of others, while not easy and it may take more time, it is the best method.

I know that a roomful of educators/coaches can produce dynamic work, but they are not being engaged nor challenged. I do look forward to tomorrow’s session, Adobe Flash!