Monday, January 28, 2013

Getting Down to Teaching


The Workshop

Until you value yourself, you won't value your time. Until you value your time, you will not do anything with it.” - M. Scott Peck

This last week was my first opportunity teaching the Career Workshop. The workshop was located in a stake center on the other side of the city. We would take a taxi to the metro station and then take the subway. So far, we’ve only had on taxi driver that’s tried to place us for a fool, and succeed. The trip about doubled in price. Well, that’s what you get when you don’t know the area and tell them you’re American.

The first day of the workshop wasn’t exactly everything Adriel and I had hoped for. About 20 people showed up, but we came out all stiff in our teaching.  Throughout the 3 hours we warmed up a little, but it still felt like the time dragged on. We came together the following day and started to work on energizers and ways to pass the information without lecturing. When it came time to teach the class, we came prepared with visuals and activities, and what a difference it made. The people felt more alive and the 3 hours passed quickly. Lesson learned, people like to feel not just included but valued. The class will finish up this week, so plenty of time to implement these new findings!

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