New Facilitator

I don't know why I keep ending up in these facilitator positions. I used to have a pretty high opinion of my social skills, until I actually had to build consensus. Then I realized that I just have a pretty high opinion of myself in general. You know, the "Everyone would benefit from exposure to my reflection on that," type of approach.

So, yesterday and today, I took 18 hours of facilitator training for some national environmental education projects. And, like the training available to me as a Teacher Leader, it was CONTENT, CONTENT, CONTENT. What I really need, beyond the obvious humbling, is more about adult learning theory (termed, interestingly, andragogy).

Thank goodness for the internet- there are tons of sites I can use. But let's face it, just like classroom management theory, you can read all about it, but until you biff it a couple of times, and have subsequent nightmares about it for a couple of years, you don't really internalize the philosophy. No pain, no gain. My struggles this past year all contributed to moving me along in humility.

BUT! I have YOU, my FANS to continue taking my side. Because you will never, ever hear an unbiased account of my dealings. If I biff it, I can assure you, I will always blame the other party.