Summer Training

I thought the summer training was excellent.  I think that being able to work with such bright teachers during the summer will really help me as a teacher.  I also got valuable teaching experience at Holly Springs.  I feel like I am not a complete rookie walking in to North Panola this fall.  I think one of the main strengths of the summer training is that it provides a way for teachers to get valuable experience without getting completely thrown to the wolves.  After summer training I also feel that most of the flaws I had as a teacher have at least been exposed.  I may not have learned to correct them yet, but at least I know what they are. 

If there were any flaws to the summer program, I would say that the role plays got a little repetitive.  I feel that our time might have been better spent if we had alternated days in which we did role plays.  I feel that would have made us look forward to the role plays a little more and value them a little more.  It is also my opinion that too much opinion is paid to minute details in lessons as opposed to focusing on whether or not the lesson itself was effective.  All in all though, I would say that summer training was great.