The Best Advice I Ever Received as a TeacherContest entries, spring 2006Read the winning entries from Steve Feld, Colleen Kilian, and Barbara Moran. Steve Feld As an aspiring new Art teacher in New York City, I was required to take the interview portion of the teaching exam. I recall that one of the panelists challenged me with the following question: "If you were an Art Teacher in the classroom and only had a single crayon for supplies, what would you do"? I recall saying something like having the class identify the color of the crayon and then proceed to teach a lesson about color. I passed the exam, but I am certain that when the panelist posed that prophetic question, he never realized that in many of the schools I served in subsequently, had little or no art supplies to support my teaching. The best advice I can give to new reachers is in order to be effective you must be resourceful, creative and make the best use of what you do have - your own ingenuity! |
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