Response to Levonda: I love the positive attitude you exhibit. I think your enthusiasm and energy show through and as soon as you are given an opportunity to show someone in education all that you have to offer, the spark will ignite and lead to amazing possibilities!
Getting to know you over this last year, I am amazed with your confidence and positive attitude. We need more teachers with your desire to use new technologies in the classroom, and your energy!
One thing that has helped me to at least get a few interviews, that may perhaps help you as well, is to include in my cover letter my action research website and online portfolio. My online portfolio is not fancy, but it has links to many of our projects. Here is my link if you want to take a look. I include the site on my resume as well.
I actually was thrilled to get an interview yesterday at one of the only schools with even one job opening. The principal said there were over 425 applicants, and they only interviewed 18. I know my Full Sail experience got me the interview. I do not think I will get the position, but there is a possibility, and a spark! May it be so for you! Wk 4 Reading: Art of Possibility Chapters 9-12
I loved Zander's words in Chapter 9 about us having the "infinite capacity to light a spark of possibility" right at our fingertips and that "passion, rather than fear, is the igniting force." Oh how true those words ring. That not only should we ignite a spark in others, but be willing to catch any sparks they may throw at us as well. I must say that reading Chapter 11: Creating Frameworks for Possibility was right up my creative alley so to speak. I know that I am the happiest whenever I am creating new things or even watching that creative spark in both of my daughters. My 15 year old is able to do things with video that I only wish I had been able to do at her age or to have even had the opportunity to learn with the tools and technology she has available to her.
I loved the story of the teacher who shaved her head because of the student who underwent chemotherapy and the other students were making fun of her baldness. What a great way to take charge of a situation instead of letting it get out of hand and head into that downward spiral Zander speaks of. I have a dream to teach and believe that dream is well within my "arena of possibility." Zander made a really good point about how a vision does not require one to win, but merely to play into the possibility. His words on how a personal crisis can lead to the creation of a vision that turns a life of possibility sang out to me about the past year or so of my life and how I have taken the my job loss and divorce not as a sign of failure, but rather as a sign to have a new beginning full of possibilities and dreams. This book has helped me to realize that all the negativity about not having a job and never even being called for a job interview to teach does not define who I am. My thinking either positive or negative is what defines me and my actions allowing me to choose to explore my own world of possibilities in order to move forward in my life and ignite that spark in others around me. You might also like:
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