A Reflection Of A Teacher : What Is Expected?

This movie, The Classroom, which was very interesting to watch, discusses all that goes on in the school system, the good and the bad. But it also shows how things at home can affect the way the student acts during the school day. This movie definitely makes you look at students that act out differently, instead of punishing them maybe we should all look deeper into the issue and find a way for the student to thrive and use school as an outlet.

In my work place, I work with culturally diverse families. Most of children speak another language at home, and first experience at preschool setting. My families often same culture as mine, but it is not always have the same beliefs and values. My job responsibility is to learn how to develop positive relationships with diverse families. That means I work together with families, teachers to help children learn the best. Working with families sometimes is difficult to build a relationship with them. I establish a partnership and relationship with all the families.

Please think about and answer the following questions about your lead teaching experiences. The answers should be thoughtful and reflect the ability to evaluate your instruction. Instructions to clarify some questions are written in italics.

My assigned learner is Dan. Dan is a lot like me; I am a wife and mom of two boys, with a full time job, and going to school. I know how it feels to put of schoolwork till the last minuet. Then once I start I think I am doing it wrong or I do not understand what is being asked of me. Dan struggled gathering ideas because he was feeling rushed. He avoids precision and confluence so this assignment was tuff for him because it was what his thoughts were and he had to use creativity to organize his paper. I think that Dan should have used forge to tape into his Confluence learning pattern, this would have given him the confidence to do the assignment. He then could have used intensify to wake up his precision that would have allowed him to organizes

In case study #2 is a detailed account of a situation when a paraeducator has been working in the school for 25 years and a new teacher is assigned to the classroom (Pickett and Gerlach, 2003). Case study #2 is a situation many of my colleagues and I have struggled with a one point or another. In this essay I will review the following topics; the point of view of the paraeducator, how the paraeducator needs to change her behavior, the point of view of the teacher, how the teacher can change behavior, and suggested strategies to implement in this situation.

All children are unique, and as a teacher, I must learn how to meet my students’ individual, unique needs. While this class taught about the many different exceptional challenges that students may face, it is important to remember that students are unique and should be viewed and evaluated according to their unique and individual needs. Learning about the many different learning challenges that students may face helped to equip me with the knowledge I need to teach my students effectively. Teaching is all about the student and what they need to be successful. Therefore my teaching must be child-centered and directed.

I have had the experience to teach the class four times during the semester and each of them has helped me to learn a lot. Dr. Walenciak has been traveling a lot so I have been in charge of the class those times. The first time, I was terrified the day before of the class. I needed to talk about the chapter of Ostrander’s book that talks about the history of Christian education. I prepared myself a lot and the day of the class I divided the time so the students could work on a project that we have. I try to summarize the chapter while explaining it. I planned to talk for 25 minutes and I ended up talking for 15 minutes. I was talking too fast and skipping important points without realizing about that. At the time of the class, I felt confident but I was a little nervous and it was harder to express my ideas in English but I manage to overcome that. I was able to explain everything but I was a little disappointed that I could not meet my time goal. After that, I ask them some questions to see if they have understood the topic. It was interesting because I could feel somehow the feeling of the teacher when nobody participates in the class. At the beginning, everyone was quiet but after a while, they start participating. To finish the class, I gave them some time to get in groups and discuss their progress for the final project. I asked for some feedback after that to some students and they told me

I have learned many things over the past five weeks of this course. I have learned that when you become a teacher you must accept everyone and their differences no matter what. These are the people who will soon shape and lead our nation. As a teacher one thing you say could ruin your reputation as a teacher. During my observations I realized how diverse a classroom really is. Just spending the fifteen hours in a classroom and observing has really helped me in looking deeper into everything and how things run in school. I also have learned that there are many ways you can figure out “tips and tricks” to dealing with difficult situations. The things about being a teacher and working in a certain environment can really give you more knowledge than working in most places. As a teacher your job is supposed to be teaching your students, but more times than not you will be the one learning. Kids can teach us to open our eyes to diversity because they are not born with hatred or bad thoughts about others. They learn those things from the environment and people around them. Seeing how young children react with each other we can learn a lot from them and if we just look at their views more than our own we can learn how to become better human beings. Overall, this course has taught me a lot about the people I come into contact with every day and how my actions may or may not affect them.

In this activity, I organized a workshop for Math, English, Science and K-5 classroom teachers in order to have teachers use data from MAP Growth and/or MAP Growth K–2 and instructional resources from the “Learning Continuum” to inform instructional planning and differentiated instruction. I attended several formal teacher evaluations and post observation meetings throughout the 2016-2017 school year. I also participated the math support teacher and English teachers hiring interviews.

Teaching is not just a job that I perform because I expect a reward at the end of each month; it is my passion and I feel extremely satisfied with every successful lesson. I like to help the society, and teaching gives me a great opportunity to do so. I am passionate about educating my students, so I work with them and motivate them to lead them to find inspiration in learning. I use different strategies to engage them and share with them the knowledge.

While reading through the innovations and strategies offered in the sections entitled, “Structural Innovations” and “Innovations to Improve Academic Learning,” I was able to reflect on my current teaching style. Consequently, I reexamined the areas of class size, the implementation of a school uniform, creating spatial competences, and the utilization of technology in the classroom. Each of these strategies has the potential to increase my students’ success.

The primary researcher and second researcher, both occupational therapists, analyzed the interview transcript independently. Both researchers identified common themes of factors influencing the teacher’s perspective. Categories from both researchers were compared and merged. Also, these categories were verified against the survey and participant observation data. Similar to findings of the interview analysis, survey participants acknowledged benefits of integrated therapies. Also, survey findings showed the teachers’ sense of control and availability of support influenced implementation of integrated therapies in classrooms. The importance of teachers’ sense of control is evident in one participant’s response, “…use of picture boards

It is essential for the East Three Secondary School teachers of the Grades 7 -9 students to become familiar with the format, content, and pace of the course before attempting to conduct the sessions. These staff members will require time to meet, discuss, and prepare for the implementation of the course using the resources available for downloading at no cost by Kaiser Permanente Center for Health Research (2015). Not unlike other new programs started at the school, training for the CWS course will be included as part of the school-directed teacher in-service time or non-instructional time where teachers have days in the school calendar without teaching duties.

While going through the education department, I have spent many hours in the classroom that will never show up on my resume. My mom is a teacher, and because of that, I have spent countless hours helping in her classroom and on field trips. Furthermore, through my connection with my former middle school and high school teachers, I have gone back to shadow the many times. I have spent a lot of time in their classrooms simply watching them teach. In the spring of 2016, I took a semester abroad to the Philippines. While I was there, I was able to help out in different English classes throughout the middle school as well as, teach a night class for older students and young adults; this class met three times a week. Through my Teaching in Secondary School class, I went to on of the local middle schools here in Kalamazoo. At that school, I spent time with a student and help her develop her writing skills. These are the kinds of experiences that you will never see on my resume.

To other people, playing piano seems normal and ordinary. I used to think it was a hassle and time-consuming, and I have gone to the point where I wanted to quit so many times. However, the responsibility of being the church pianist fell into my lap, and I realized that I needed to be independent. Before, I would rely on my piano teachers to tell me what to play. I only ever played at home, never for a huge crowd. No one, except my family and my teachers, had heard me play before. When I lived in New Hampshire and the previous church pianist left for college, I realized that it was my turn to take her place. I felt that I needed to be independent in order to prove to myself what I was capable of achieving in my abilities as a pianist.