As ITCs (Instructional Technology Coaches), we wear many
hats such as: IT person, Coach, Co-Teacher, etc. However, the other day, I had to admit I was
unsuccessful at my job, or so I thought.
Then, I realized after reflecting on the day, it was success undercover.
A student came into our office during my IT time and asked
me if I could help her. Feeling more
confident in my job then I did in September, I knew I could help her. She told me that her USB flash drive was not working
anymore and wanted to know if I could get her files off her flash drive and place it on
a new one. THEN…she handed it to me.
As you can see from the picture, it was not a good
situation. Well, as promised, I did try to retrieve the files from the flash drive but
I was unsuccessful. I tried many
machines, but not one machine even picked up the fact that I put a USB in the
computer.
But on the other hand, I thought about how impressed I was
that the student had that much faith in us that we can fix anything! So overall it was a success! If we take time to think about our
“unsuccessful moments”, we can find success!
Success is not always completing a task; success can come from the
process or from the person who asked you to complete the task!
I agree, I think our unsuccessful moments can be one of our most successful moments. I remember teaching a math lesson that I thought would be very successful. However one student just did not "get it" despite the SMARTboard, manipulatives, and song. I tried every which way to teach it over. Then I said does anyone else want to explain how they solved this? Three different students came up with three different strategies. I was so impressed with their strategies! This reminded me to let the students be the teachers! I thought that was a great lesson that came from one of my unsuccessful moments!
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