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I had forgotten about the self-assessment I created for myself, I think this was a very valuable tool in helping me determine what I wanted to get out of the course.

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After completing the self-assessment I see some areas I feel strong in, while there are others I still need to work on. I want to push myself into the PLP community more and interact. I also hope to address some of the standards through creating my blog and creating my online voice.

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I have really started to see connections between working for SaratogaMama and Education. It's been interesting to see how the two paths connect.

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SaratogaMama | Family Guide to Saratoga NY | Saratoga Events | Kids Fun

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SaratogaMama | Family Guide to Saratoga | Saratoga Events

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SaratogaMama is the #1 family resource for the Saratoga NY area. Featuring the area's only family friendly Saratoga events calendar.

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Blogging for myself was a new practice, I was able to take what I've learned from SaratogaMama and apply it to creating this post. I found I really enjoyed it and it has sparked me to want to do more.

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These past few weeks I have been taking the Connected Coaching course through PLP network and it has really been an eye opening experience for me. At first it was a little rough, I was trying to do too many things at once. When I took a step back from other commitments and really focused on this course, it began to click for me. I've learned that I need to be patient with myself and not try to do it all at once. By doing that it allowed me to really jump into the content and think deeply about the connected coaching process.

To help me reflect, I decided to take all of my responses(or at least most of them, I think I got them all) and put them into a wordle...here is what I came up with...I've obviously been doing a lot of thinking, lol. I'm happy with some of the "big" words (although I'm not sure about really...or like, but I think like has to do with me saying "I like this...or I like that, so apparently I'm liking the content and how I'm learning), but the rest of the words...coaching, think, brainstorming, questions, people, teachers...are to me all important words in the connected coaching process.

We were asked to talk about some of the coaching standards below...
Persevere in exploring ideas and concepts, rethinking, revising, and continual repacking and unpacking as they build upon and assist in uncovering strengths of those they coach.

I have really seen this first hand in our experiences through the course. Many of our discussions have required us to go through these steps, which has given me a greater appreciation and understanding of how it would affect someone I'm coaching.
Engage in discussions on difficult or messy topics from an appreciative inquiry perspective to increase confidence and self efficacy.
After learning about and practicing appreciative inquiry, I can see how this would be an ideal way to approach difficult or messy topics. It requires you to see the topic in the most positive way as possible and utilize that to find a solution. I do wish I was aware of this concept and practiced it when I was in the classroom. While I always strived to focus on the positive things my students were doing, I feel like AI takes it one step further in using that positive energy to move forward and be successful in other areas.

Use activities to create a connection to the content and context, to oneself, and to those who are part of the learning community at school and online.
Once again, I see how valuable this is because this is what we have been doing throughout the course. I think the tool kit that we are creating as a class is going to be very helpful in planning my own activities as I begin to teach and coach.

Collectively review and analyze with an open mind and without judgment all and many perspectives on coaching.
While I've only been exposed to the perspectives that we've talked about in class, I feel that I have gone into this course as a whole with an open mind and that if I was approached with other perspectives I would continue to have this mindset.

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These past few weeks I have been taking the Connected Coaching course through PLP network and it has really been an eye opening experience for me. At first it was a little rough, I was trying to do too many things at once.

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While I'm excited about what's next, I hate to see this course end as I've so enjoyed getting to know and working other educators. Through this course I have rediscovered my passion for education and my goal of wanting to support teachers.

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I was feeling overwhelmed with many different obligations and felt like I wasn't giving this course the attention it deserved, I put some things off to the side so I could really focus and things started to click....

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I wasn't sure about staying in education and was starting to feel out of the loop.....until at the last minute I signed up for Connected Coaching....

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Blogging

Coaching

Teaching For PLP

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A wordle of all my discussion board responses  at the midpoint of the course. 

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A wordle of all my discussion board responses  at the midpoint of the course. 

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Loved that the biggest word was "think"!

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I've actually started writing on a blog I created two years ago! 

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I've actually started writing on a blog I created two years ago! 

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It's still a work in progress and I haven't quite decided the direction I want to go with it, but for now it helps hold me accountable!

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These past few weeks I have been taking the Connected Coaching course through PLP network and it has really been an eye opening experience for me. At first it was a little rough, I was trying to do too many things at once. When I took a step back from other commitments and really focused on this course, it began to click for me. I've learned that I need to be patient with myself and not try to do it all at once. By doing that it allowed me to really jump into the content and think deeply about the connected coaching process.

To help me reflect, I decided to take all of my responses(or at least most of them, I think I got them all) and put them into a wordle...here is what I came up with...I've obviously been doing a lot of thinking, lol. I'm happy with some of the "big" words (although I'm not sure about really...or like, but I think like has to do with me saying "I like this...or I like that, so apparently I'm liking the content and how I'm learning), but the rest of the words...coaching, think, brainstorming, questions, people, teachers...are to me all important words in the connected coaching process.

We were asked to talk about some of the coaching standards below...
Persevere in exploring ideas and concepts, rethinking, revising, and continual repacking and unpacking as they build upon and assist in uncovering strengths of those they coach.

I have really seen this first hand in our experiences through the course. Many of our discussions have required us to go through these steps, which has given me a greater appreciation and understanding of how it would affect someone I'm coaching.
Engage in discussions on difficult or messy topics from an appreciative inquiry perspective to increase confidence and self efficacy.
After learning about and practicing appreciative inquiry, I can see how this would be an ideal way to approach difficult or messy topics. It requires you to see the topic in the most positive way as possible and utilize that to find a solution. I do wish I was aware of this concept and practiced it when I was in the classroom. While I always strived to focus on the positive things my students were doing, I feel like AI takes it one step further in using that positive energy to move forward and be successful in other areas.

Use activities to create a connection to the content and context, to oneself, and to those who are part of the learning community at school and online.
Once again, I see how valuable this is because this is what we have been doing throughout the course. I think the tool kit that we are creating as a class is going to be very helpful in planning my own activities as I begin to teach and coach.

Collectively review and analyze with an open mind and without judgment all and many perspectives on coaching.
While I've only been exposed to the perspectives that we've talked about in class, I feel that I have gone into this course as a whole with an open mind and that if I was approached with other perspectives I would continue to have this mindset.

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These past few weeks I have been taking the Connected Coaching course through PLP network and it has really been an eye opening experience for me. At first it was a little rough, I was trying to do too many things at once.

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Stepping out of my comfort zone....

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A brief introduction for the PLP Connected Coaching Course. Here is a link to my Digital Portfolio as well: https://sites.google.com/site/bloomingedu/home

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Little did I know that it really happen....