The Magic of Teachers

My job has taught me that there truly is a magic about teachers. Teachers sit and plan their class time out only to get to the class and find out they need to rework their plans. Recreating lessons on the spot is something no class can teach you. It is about teachers using their creative minds to revamp, adapt and create on the spot lessons to help their students understand concepts and strategies.

This experience happened to me one of the first days of teaching in the adult education program. What I had planned ended up being way to difficult for my students and I could tell I was quickly losing their attention because they were so frustrated. I looked at the clock and still had an hour with them, so I had to quickly create an activity to help them understand. I felt like I fumbled and struggled to create something new but as I look back on that day I realize that my students saw this moment as ease, understanding and magic. The transition was not easy in my brain but my students easily glided through it.

The magic is the ability to help our students on the spot, keep them away from their frustration point, and doing it all with graceful transitions. Teacher education classes can not teach this magic. It takes practice. I am so grateful that I have this job to learn through these frustrations turn into the magic of teaching.