perpetually wandering along behind me earnestly repeating, “Our group needs help!”
I can so relate to this little fella. It's a little daunting for an introverted writer to enter into this highly relationally vulnerable space. Glad there is grace for the growing of coaching skills.
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I can really see how a teacher who notices, encourages, coaches and constructively praises not just writing itself but the peers who practice the protocol will create a classroom where peers are esteemed and their feedback valued. No corkscrew necessary to unclog the well of profuse and positive writing feedback.
We use this approach for several reasons.
Have to reiterate the influence of this protocol: it trains teachers to be coaches, it alleviates stress of review and reorients writers to receive feedback as the gift it is or can be, it is technically yet simplistically thorough, it provides specificity in the feedback of craft. It is a win for all in the writing classroom.
“Namasté (the God in me sees and honors the God in you).”When I had the privilege of teaching a gr
This reminds me of Danny Silks, "Culture of Honor: Sustaining a Supernatural Environment." It is the Christian call to return that culture back to one of honor. Namaste, which recognizes the elephant in the room, the spiritual component and influence of something outside self that shines and lights and inspires, surely will not require agreement on religion but it certainly does call forth the principle of honor which should be present in all religions. Surely we can meet there and learners, who have observed or participated in the slicing, dishonor of social media will welcome learning a more honorable way. I agree with Koch, surely, it's time. We just practiced the mutual blessing of namaste in our online writing circle and I believe it did charge our time as we moved through the PQS protocol.
It is not a question of setting aside high standards.
Yes!!! Trauma processing and writing was one of the most complex, multidimensional, sensory, narrative-based, emotionally charged writing I have undertaken. Yet, the cognitive onslaught and subsequent writing it produced was more richly informed, structurally layered, and craft conscious than I think it would have been otherwise. I welcome this perspective that our broken humanity does not disqualify us from high academic standard. Rather, I like to believe it maintains humility and kindness and empathy necessary to obtain high holistic, academic pursuits. Only page 2, I am engaged with this.