Tonight is the night and I am pretty nervous. The kids are going to be fantastic and I'm not worried about them. I am worried about the backstage logistics and transitions as we had some tough encounters yesterday during the matinee. We have moved on and found a solution for the problem which is great. Now we need to put it into practice.
Now to the positives!
I have enjoyed working with another teacher and co-constructing it with the kids. It's really powerful when you can get kids to get involved and take ownership. We have seen a few kids really step up and stand out to the point where it has overflown into class room behavior and attitude. From this experience, I have found that it's really important to pull on the strengths of the kids e.g. the ones who are musical or dance or perform in some way. When you can get them to use their craft and to create something, it's really powerful for their self-belief. It's all about my belief in 'finding what you have to say'. The process that really got me excited was when chn who I knew had a gift were restricted by the fact that they were used to being told what to do. That's when you can 'create magic' and talk to them about finding 'their voice' and getting them to discover that they can actually create things themselves. After they find a move that we could incorporate the smile on their faces is very moving and make me feel as a teacher I'm really fulfilling my purpose.
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