Job G. is an elementary special ed. teacher who also runs an incredible art journaling /bullet journaling account which you can check on Instagram at @jobsjournal.

Topics Covered: Bullet Journaling, Art Journaling, Introspection, Reflection, Mentor Teachers

In this episode, we start of by reminiscing of our days as student teachers, and Job talks about what art journaling, bullet journaling is, and how he got started and what his design process for art journaling is like.

We did our PDP experience together, and it was great to catch up and talk about teaching, travel, art and design.

He then opens up about his experiences living abroad in Korea. At the core of this episode is a discussion about the importance of reflection. It can be a bit of an empty word, especially in the world of education. Nevertheless, it’s still important as a life skill.

Finally, Job gives a shout out to some of the co-workers/mentors and talks about how they have helped him transition into his current role and the value of community in a school.

Recorded via Zoom call.

Timestamps:

1:40 – Reminiscing about student-teacher days.

6:00 – Starting Job’s Journal in Korea and what is Bullet Journaling/Art Journaling is.

10:00 – Job’s Design Process, Gear, Set-up and Midori Travel’s Notebook, and nerding about equipment.

20:10 – Experiences and lessons learned working abroad as a teacher in Korea.

24:47 – The importance of introspection and reflection.

31:50 – Benefits of Bullet Journaling; the link of writing and journaling.

35:20 - Cursive writing and why kids should learn about cursive writing.

38:48 – Tangent about Baybayin, ancient Filipino writing system.

42:28 – Job’s shoutout to co-workers Mr. Y and Ms. C and how they showed him the value of community in a school.

49:39 – Our shoutout to our Faculty Adivsor while we were student-teachers and how she was a great mentor.

54:10 – Being bold and being ourselves as teachers and artists.

56:30 – More shoutouts.

Recorded: August 12

Released: August 28