Category: Consulting
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Preparing to Teach: Mindset
It’s that time of year again! I know some of you have been back in the classroom for a month or so, but my institution is on the quarter system so we are just back on contract and doing Faculty Kick Off Week stuffs this week to start teaching next Monday. I’ve been preparing my […]
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Learning Forward…
“..sometimes a painting has taught us all it can teach us and instead of trying to “fix” it or make it perfect, we need to take what we’ve learned and apply it to the next painting. Move forward. ”
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“Can I give you some feedback?”
Feedback is not about telling anyone what to do and/or how you would have done it differently. But rather it is about sahring your reaction to whatever they are presenting you. As the dictionary says – a product or performance. So, saying, “I would have signed xyz” or “You could have said lmnop” is not feedback. Feedback might look a little bit more like, “I was confused about the connection between xyz and lmnop” or “I could really feel the tone of anger from Sally.”
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Sabbatical Reading Plans
The other thing that has struck me from this book is the idea of a “project brain” and how that contrasts with habits and routines. I will be exploring this idea in another blog post (or perhaps a series), but I think there are definitely areas of growth for me here. I look forward to bringing these topics into my upcoming coaching sessions (and my artwork, too!). There are a few other books that I’m interested in reading, perhaps. Including – “The Lazy Genius Way” and “Onward: resilience in educators.” I have the workbook for “Onward” but am interested in reading the book itself.
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Trusting….
But the concept of trusting the other, even in different circumstances is intriguing to me. How about for you?
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Holding space
Questions to deepen your practice: What barriers do you experience to holding space for consumers? What do you need to be able to hold space for others? What is the relationship between your interpreting and/or teaching practice and the idea of holding space?
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Interpreter Presence
Questions to Deepen Your Practice – What do you believe about ways of being human? – What do you want to remember about your function as an interpreter in other’s interactions? – What do you want to contribute to the space? Anxiety, calm, openness, etc? – What do you want to characterize your presence as an interpreter in interactions?
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Connecting the Dots
I was immediately struck by this analogy, and as in most things, I see implications for interpreting and interpereter eduation immediately. This analogy of connecting the dots to reveal the picture, feels very relevant to the puzzle that is meaning transfer across languages and people.
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Deconstruction & Reconstruction: A Metaphor for the Times
I’m not an expert in collage, and I tend to take things just a step too far. So I did two pieces yesterday and one of them I like a lot, and the other one I took too far. And so I’m going to have to play around with that. But I think there are some significant metaphors of deconstruction and reconstruction. I think we often see disorientation or disruption. Deconstructing what we’ve always believed or deconstructing the way things have always been or deconstructing those kinds of things. But I don’t often hear a lot of discussion about the next step.
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Coaching Lessons & Growth
What I’m learning from being coached… I entered this coach training with no experience being coached and exposure to coaching via podcasts, primarily. I have grown and learned so much! One of the best parts of the coach training is that we practice it with one another, thus I get coached in some way, shape […]
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