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.
Yup! 21st century here come the educators!
ReplyDeleteWell said Edlin. You positively ooze all that is positive in life. I hope that every teacher will approach this task of the reading specialist with that type of vision. We need to have it for the children who don't have it. Full speed ahead.
ReplyDeleteHi Edlin. Positive you really are and it's an excellent quality that we will all need to motivate our students and colleagues to acquire skills in ICT to be able to achieve educational objectives.
ReplyDeleteThe positive outlook of our lecturer and tutors has really helped made what appeared to seem farfetched - for me "blogging" which now seem so simple. Such a positive outlook makes the excuses put forth by many no longer valid; "I have no time", "people will find out my buisness" -What Buisness? I Ask! Such excuses I guess have never been valid nor is it now. ICT tools are excellent for building skills in writing - the brain finger codination. It is excellent for building background knowledge of students who are other wise unexposed to what's out there beyond their eyeshot. It draws on your creativity, your sense of humour......... I could really go on and on but I'll stop after I mention how the positve dispositions of our lecturer and both of our young and vibrant tutors are accomplishing great feats with some of us.
Vicky