August 8th

 On this week we started to learn how to plan our lessons beforehand, what's important, the things we need to consider before we start, contingency plans in case something goes wrong. As we already know, a good teacher should be able to think on his/her feet. However, not everything in class should be improvised. There's always room for games, as there is always time for seriousness. If a teacher makes sure his/her class is engaged to the content that is presented before them, that itself counts as a win.

Balance is the key. The teacher won't be able to plan for every single thing that can go wrong, but should be able to become flexible enough to momentarily deviate from the lesson if any of the following scenarios were to happen.: 

• Magic Moments.
• Sensible diversion.
• Unforeseen problems.

After clearing that up, we were able to identify the moments in class the teacher is the one behind the wheel, and in which moments the driver becomes the passenger. As the student sits behind the wheel to practice what he/she learned. And everything should be thoroughly documented on the lesson plan. For example:

That was essentially everything for this week, I have a feeling we'll keep learning some more. However, I can't go before sharing some of this week. This was my group discussing a round of questions at the beginning of the class.

And this is our beloved Lic. Orlando, giving heartfelt advice to his students. We can say that this is an example of a much-needed deviation in which a magic moment 💫 occurred in his class.