Where am I in my journey?

If you look at my last post  you will see that I have this fantastic metaphor of my journey to become and educator. This week I want to discuss where I believe I am in this journey.

I am clearly in the incubation phase, still safe in my egg of learning and becoming a teacher. I haven't ventured out on my own into a classroom that is all mine. I am still encouraged and nurtured by fabulous teachers and mentors on my road to becoming a real live teacher.

I don't think there is any major defining attribute labeling me a chick in this metaphor other then I still get to rely on my peers for help and the teaching I do right now gets overseen and redirected as needed and nurtured so that I can become great.

Eventually, ( in three semesters!eep!!) I'll be on my own, teaching in a class room and really tossed into the world to grow and apply the things I have learned, all in an effort to be a great educator capable of inspiring future generations.

My Education Journey Metaphor

The Journey-

The time I take to really learn how to be a great educator will end up growing me into a great teacher. Everything I grow into is because I have incubated and really taken time to become great. 

Enters the egg:

The Principles-

Inside the egg there is albumin and yolk, the membrane, and chalazea that help me grow and develop into the educator I desire to become. 

The chalazea is what keeps me straight and pointed in the right direction, the principles of good education. 

The yolk is everything I learn and take in that nourishes me into a good educator. 

The albumin is doctrine that helps me stay focused and in line with good and true teaching. 

The Tools-

So first off, we have chickens, they are like our professors, mentors, and everyone that is going to help nurture us on our journey to becoming great.

We are expected to develop and grow all the while our Mentors are there to protect us and help us flourish, our nest if you will. 

Once we have all of these things in line, we are set up to be great educators, we hatch out into the world and begin to apply what we know.

And then as we go along our way we eventually come full circle and become mentors to others who are starting this very journey.