This is my 7th year teaching At at a middle school. The kids I deal with are tough. Well that is a tough age anyway. I know I am good at what I do & feel certain I am fulfilling my destiny but I am just to burned out right now to give them the attention they all need. I have been struggling just to come to work lately. Alot of the teachers here feel the same way. What can I do to become inspired again?
2007-01-09 01:28:58 · 7 answers · asked by artist0027 3 in Education & Reference ➔ Teaching
First off you must always keep in mind that MIddle school is a very difficult crowd to teach. But you must remember that without YOU, there may never be anymore aspiring artist in the world. You help children to discover any artistic ability they may have, once they have discoverd it they may want to purse something of it, just like you did. You just need to make your class more interesting and for those children who really don't WANT to be there, let them know that your class was an elective and they did not have to chose it. Every year when you get a new set of children let them know the first day that Art is your passion and your here to TEACH! And you only teach those who are willing to LEARN and WORK.
2007-01-09 02:17:12 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Being a teacher can be very taxing and difficult at times. But the only thing I can say is that if you have inspired at least one student in your class to enjoy art and want to continue in that area, then draw you strength from that - that is why you became a teacher!
A leave of absence if available might not be a bad idea - it will help you to refocus.
Praying that all goes well and that you and the other teachers feel inspired again.
2007-01-09 01:45:57 · answer #2 · answered by No one 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You have taught for seven years and use the word " gotten" in a sentence? Drop out of teaching. Move to an artist colony. Teach only those who have the interest. Right now you're just fodder for the required arts credit, and the English teacher's hair is curling when you speak.
2007-01-09 02:05:10 · answer #3 · answered by James M 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
YOU are not challenging your students to be creative. Just watching students create by rote in a manner you may have become accustomed to leads to extreme boredom over time.
Your real "challenge" should be in "your" search for ways to initiate "new and challenging projects" for your students. Your success will be measured in the renewed pleasure you will receive from watching your students "wake up" and "achieve" by way of your teaching and by their awakened creativeness.
And, quit talking to "alot of the teachers here.." They wander in an alien world, not one that is compatible with the world of art.
2007-01-09 17:04:40 · answer #4 · answered by salty 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
You know what I have done to become inspired again. This may sound sappy but it worked. I volunteer. You can teach people in prison, just out of prison, young students from foreign countries, big-sister programs, etc.
2007-01-09 01:36:39 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you could give yourself a little break, and teach art to 6-7 year olds. At that age they are sponges that soak up any and all information. Also, they are a little more tractable at that age.
2007-01-09 01:39:45 · answer #6 · answered by boots 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Move to a more serious age group.
2007-01-09 01:40:25 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋