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Writing and the Moon
Writing and the moon I have not posted in many moons and thought today would be the day to post. Since I last posted I completed book chapters and am waiting for the publishers to move us to the next steps. Working on a book has been challenging, mind blowing, and absolutely amazing. I […]
The last week of class feels like . . .
The last week of class feels like . . . Well, it feels different in the Fall than in the Spring semester and Summer. At my university the last week of class comes after Thanksgiving. And, then there is my birthday-December 2 which is the beginning of my year. This year my birthday is the […]
It has been a week
October 29, 2018 It has been a week It has been a week—the mail bombs sent to prominent Democrats and then the shooting in the Synagogue in Pittsburgh. The mail bombs were intercepted before anyone was hurt and the person who sent them has been identified and is in custody. Of course, you can google […]
Should Professors and Students be Friends?
Should Professors and Students be friends? In defense of social media I am a professional Social Worker and one of the things that has been clearly placed in our revised code of ethics is that social workers should not be friends with clients on social media and that those of us who teach and supervise […]
Self-care and social justice
Self-care and social justice In my profession, Social Work, we hear a lot about self-care. When we get overwhelmed, get angry or cry about the slights, injustices and micro-aggressions and sometimes macro-aggressions at work we are reminded about self-care. It is like if we are not engaging in self-care we are not doing something right. […]
Week 7: You are Valdosta State to our students
Week 7: You are Valdosta State to our students For me, this is nice to think, but we are a team. And, even though I have been at Valdosta State University since 1999, I feel like a small part of Valdosta State University. I am a Professor in a program in a college in a […]
Week 6: Assemble the team
I just finished teaching a class and it seems that the new students are coming together as a class—maybe even as a team? I’ve never thought in terms of a team. What is a team? I looked it up in dictionary.com and I like the second definition best “a number of persons associated in some […]
Week 5: Encourage Experiential Opportunities
The theme for Week 2 was Connect our students with activities, and the theme for Week 3 was Connect our students to resources. I see Week 5-Encourage Experiential Opportunities as being similar to these, but different. Similar in that it involves more than just reading books and articles, and more than just lectures-readings and lectures […]
Week 4: Understand the Challenge of the first grades
Week 4: Understand the challenge of the first grades As I write this, I am thinking I don’t need to be writing this, I need to be posting in my course shells and grading. Tonight MSW students from two classes I teach attended and facilitated groups in VSU’s Readers’ theater for new students living in […]
Week 3: Connect our students to resources
Saturday, August 25 I did a workshop on Grant writing & Program Development for the Valdosta State University, MSW program consortium. I organized my workshop using a powerpoint and annotated bibliography. I posted the annotated bibliography as a page on the link to the Grant writing & Program Development workshop on the home page of this blog. I […]