Week 6

Week Of Friday:  OCTOBER 10/6

Level of Difficulty: 4

Observe:

What a great week! I had such a great time with my students and I learned more and more about how to be a better teacher. I spent most of the afternoons fretting over edTPA but we are almost over it!

Reflect

There are still MANY things I can perfect as a teacher. I am still working on being a better speaker and instructor. I want to get away from the Lecture model of teaching and empower students to learn as they go by experiencing education.  It is proven that students retain more understanding by experiencing meaningful content. This will be something I will focus on in the coming weeks.

Focus

I will focus more on clear expectations and thorough planning. Students need structure and they need to be independent. IF we do everything for them they won’t learn. My students could do with a healthy dose of this type of learning.

Be Productive

EdTPA….nuff said!

Have Courage

To get through student teaching and come out a way better instructor and facilitator. I am learning so much from each of my CEs and I will continue to research ways to become a BETTER teacher. It’s a process.

Begin Anew

Leading all Guided reading groups.

Data

iReady is continually our best friend right now. We have data dives about every week. We also have MTSS meetings every 2 weeks and we have been implementing different ways to improve our student’s well being and skill level. We have a student who is severely ADD and is also an ESL student. To be continued….

ADVICE

You can do it….don’t give up!!

I continue to build my skills as an educator. I have been learning the BEST way to prepare lessons and tasks for my students each week based on their learning styles and their understanding. I have also tried to improve on my assessment strategies and data to drive instruction and to help students get the most out of their day.  We will always be mitigating fights and arguments, so learning how to best do that has been a goal of mine. He said she said gets old sometimes.  :)