I Love Teaching

I'm off this morning to the Imp's school for the opening day Mass. It's the feast of the Assumption (all about Mary) and as the school (due to the Salesian Sisters) is dedicated to the Blessed Virgin Mary, it's a big deal. The principal is awesome. Traditionally, she'll give out free ice cream at lunch on big days celebrating Mary. The Imp now knows those days...what a great way to teach kids and have them associate Mary with good things.

After Mass, I'm off to St. Frances Cabrini Church in Spring Hill (about an hour north of here) to meet with the DRE (Director of Religious Education) since I'm doing a workshop for the catechists (teachers) there next Saturday. I love teaching teachers. I have a couple of 2 to 4 hours workshops I've written for catechists. The approach is a little different than "regular" teachers since the majority of these people are not educators by profession, but "just" volunteers trying to make a difference. The workshop I'm giving at St. Frances focuses on some of Harry Wong's teachings (he's an educational guru), and basic classroom management. I get to stand in front of a crowd and bounce around and get excited. I'm so glad. I really love teaching, period. The last few years I was in the classroom, it had so much about "appearances" and I spent way too much time defending myself to parents who seemed to care about grades and not necessarily learning. But preparing a lesson, the presenting it...that is a good day!


I typed the above in earlier today and had to run out to get to the Imp's school on time. I'm red-faced, as her school is NOT having Mass today (they have for the last 4 years! They're having their opening Mass NEXT week! Oh well, I'm off the St. Frances, and now have to figure out when I AM going to Mass.