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Hello and Welcome
Hello and Welcome
Hello and Welcome
My name is Edlin Rochford and I am a Secondary school teacher with a passion for life, teaching and seeking new knowledge especially in the esoteric field.
I am pursuing my Masters in Reading and I am happy about this in that I was given the opportunity to become a Reading Specialist the first such Degree offered in Trinidad. Thus far the course has met my expectations and in true Rochfordesque manner I am looking for the greatness that will come at the completion!
What drives and sustain me is a question that I am frequently asked? I am internally driven by me need to reach the highest that I am called to reached and my sustaining grace is my curiosity to see what is down the road for me and those with whom I interact and have a vested interested in. The latter is my main ingredient as I teach…I look at each student and I say to them and myself I am doing this because I want to see where you can reach, what you can be in the years to come.
I am a believer in the power of the thought and have been practicing thinking mostly positive affirming thoughts. All I can say is that “It Works” and the evidence is my life.
What have I learned so far on this course? I think the revelation that has impacted my teaching life is the fact that each teacher is called to be a ’reading teacher’. As simple as it may sound it is a serious call because as an English teacher I feel as if I and all my colleagues are solely to responsible for all the struggling readers who we teach. To hear that every teacher is a reading teacher helps in that now I can share information on how to help those same struggling readers with my colleagues in content areas and not feel as if I am forcing them to do something that I am solely responsible for.
I welcome the 21st century with all its exciting expectations.
Hello and Welcome
My name is Edlin Rochford and I am a Secondary school teacher with a passion for life, teaching and seeking new knowledge especially in the esoteric field.
I am pursuing my Masters in Reading and I am happy about this in that I was given the opportunity to become a Reading Specialist the first such Degree offered in Trinidad. Thus far the course has met my expectations and in true Rochfordesque manner I am looking for the greatness that will come at the completion!
What drives and sustain me is a question that I am frequently asked? I am internally driven by me need to reach the highest that I am called to reached and my sustaining grace is my curiosity to see what is down the road for me and those with whom I interact and have a vested interested in. The latter is my main ingredient as I teach…I look at each student and I say to them and myself I am doing this because I want to see where you can reach, what you can be in the years to come.
I am a believer in the power of the thought and have been practicing thinking mostly positive affirming thoughts. All I can say is that “It Works” and the evidence is my life.
What have I learned so far on this course? I think the revelation that has impacted my teaching life is the fact that each teacher is called to be a ’reading teacher’. As simple as it may sound it is a serious call because as an English teacher I feel as if I and all my colleagues are solely to responsible for all the struggling readers who we teach. To hear that every teacher is a reading teacher helps in that now I can share information on how to help those same struggling readers with my colleagues in content areas and not feel as if I am forcing them to do something that I am solely responsible for.
I welcome the 21st century with all its exciting expectations.
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