Delhi's First LEGO Competition competition is quickly approaching and both of my teams have been working so diligently. I couldn't be more proud of their passion and drive. They have independently spearheaded their research and OWN all the work they are doing.
With that said, we had a minor panic attack yesterday as the India STEM Foundation thought it would be a good idea to move the competition date to a week earlier. We were losing a week of practice. This change also made it so some students couldn't participate. One girl in particular had been waiting for TWO years to become of age so she could participate and now with the date change she couldn't even come.
I had to rush to change practice times, shirts had to be ordered, plans changed, in other words it was unnecessary chaos. The event date change was unsettling for me. It bothered me that adults were careless with communicating information for children's event. However upset I was I had to be proactive about it. I reached out to families notified them of the change and urge them to voice their concern.
Needless to say I have ROCK STAR parents raising my students. Within minutes they were sending me e-mails being sent to the India STEM Foundation. They called, they spoke, they made sure they voices were heard. And viola! The next morning I got e-mail saying it was reverting back to the original date.
It's so amazing to have such an open, communicative relationship with parents. Parents that are willing to stand by you and fight for their children. Having a relationship where parents trust you and are willing to work with you is a Godsent.
Sometimes, yes, we lose communication. Sometimes, yes, we don't talk about the child's goals enough. Sometimes things feel out of sync. I think it is the teacher's responsibility to make sure that doesn't happen, but it does. It helps when parents approach teachers to check-in as well. I promise we think about your children non-stop. Teaching my nature is mission drive which I can get easily wrapped up in. It's nice to have parents understand that, constructively communicate and realign goals.
So thank you to all the awesome parents out there raising awesome kids and helping their teachers be the best that they can be.
On to the fun stuff...
My Jr. FLL kids started their Show Me Poster. They researched the black panther and its habitat.
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