I thought the inquiry celebration was a lot more helpful to me than last year. Last year I was too early in the program to see the how important the research really is. I wish I would have taken it more seriously last year, because it would have helped me conduct my research for this year. I have already taken a lot of information from the interns of ideas and how to improve myself as an educator and my researches. I look at the interns and realize that will be me next year, and it gets me that much more excited to want to start my intern year and be that person I have been looking up to for two years at the inquiry celebrations.
I have already thought of my research for next year because of the presentations. I took into consideration a lot of the points the interns made, and made notes about them so I will not forget them when I start my teachings next year.
All of the presenters did an amazing job. They seem so professional and they all had great researches that were all very interesting. I cannot believe that will be me in a short few months!
Thursday, 26 April 2012
Thursday, 15 March 2012
Characteristics of a Novice Teacher
To me, finding good artifacts that fall under the characteristics is difficult. But, I thought characteristic #4 and #6 were good characteristics to discuss.
Characteristic #4 states:"We believe the novice teacher should be a facilitator of learning for all students. " From almost every one of my education classes, we have talked about how to differentiate learning for all students. I am a firm believer that every student is different, not every student learns the same, and just because one lesson works for one class, does not mean it is going to work for all. There is no "one size fits all" in education. Almost every single lesson I teach, I give them options as to how to accomplish it. My options would include: writing on the smartboard, writing on the blackboard, working in groups, working individually, writing the sentences out, or saying them out loud. I always ask students for their opinion about how they think I should teach the lesson. I like to hear what they have to say so that they are giving opinions and having choices in the class.
Characteristic #6 states: "We believe that the novice teacher should have in-depth knowledge of content."I think this characteristic is very important because I believe that you cannot be a great educator if you do not have in-depth knowledge of their content. Students will not feel comfortable in a classroom if their teacher is not comfortable with the subject. If I got thrown into a Math or Science class, I would freak out. I would have no clue what to do and that would greatly effect how my students viewed me and their education. Students look up to teachers more than we realize, and if they see how good we are at something, they are going to want to be good at it also. I know that my students love to correct me on something that I say or write, if they call me out for something I did wrong, I give them a bonus point for paying attention and knowing the error and how to correct it. One of my artifacts that I have for this would me my thematic units from a few of my classes. It has plenty of lesson plans with authentic artifacts and differentiated lesson for everybody.
Characteristic #4 states:"We believe the novice teacher should be a facilitator of learning for all students. " From almost every one of my education classes, we have talked about how to differentiate learning for all students. I am a firm believer that every student is different, not every student learns the same, and just because one lesson works for one class, does not mean it is going to work for all. There is no "one size fits all" in education. Almost every single lesson I teach, I give them options as to how to accomplish it. My options would include: writing on the smartboard, writing on the blackboard, working in groups, working individually, writing the sentences out, or saying them out loud. I always ask students for their opinion about how they think I should teach the lesson. I like to hear what they have to say so that they are giving opinions and having choices in the class.
Characteristic #6 states: "We believe that the novice teacher should have in-depth knowledge of content."I think this characteristic is very important because I believe that you cannot be a great educator if you do not have in-depth knowledge of their content. Students will not feel comfortable in a classroom if their teacher is not comfortable with the subject. If I got thrown into a Math or Science class, I would freak out. I would have no clue what to do and that would greatly effect how my students viewed me and their education. Students look up to teachers more than we realize, and if they see how good we are at something, they are going to want to be good at it also. I know that my students love to correct me on something that I say or write, if they call me out for something I did wrong, I give them a bonus point for paying attention and knowing the error and how to correct it. One of my artifacts that I have for this would me my thematic units from a few of my classes. It has plenty of lesson plans with authentic artifacts and differentiated lesson for everybody.
Monday, 13 February 2012
Characteristics of a Novice Teacher
The two artifacts that I am proud of are: the survey I handed out to my students and my journal.
I have always been a very outgoing and friendly person. So, I knew that teaching would be a great career for me. I can talk for hours and never get bored with a conversation. I have always thought of myself as a great communicator. Not only do I talk very well, I am a great listener and am always open to new ideas.
I chose these two things because the survey that I handed out to my students for them to fill out, reflects on characteristic #2- The novice teacher should be an effective communicator. These two go together because I am getting to know my students more than just simply talking to them in the classroom. I wanted to hand out a survey for them to fill out so I can get to know them on a more personal level without being invasive and possibly embarrassing them by sitting with them in the middle of class and asking them what their favorite music was. Not all students respond that well to a teacher sitting with them and just having a conversation with them. Some students think that is "uncool".
No matter what has happened throughout the day, I always sit down and reflect on what I was thankful for during the day, and what I could have done differently. If something is upsetting me, I always reflect on that certain situation and think of ways that I can improve it or if there was anything I could do to fix it.
Characteristic #9 - The novice teacher should be a reflective practitioner. Being a reflective practitioner is a great quality to have in a teacher. An artifact that I am very proud of for this characteristic is my journal. I take very detailed notes and reflections at the end of each teaching day. Somedays, all I have is praise for the day and the students and other days, I am upset by a few things that have happened but never let it show to my students or my teacher and I just simply write it down and reflect on why I was upset and what I could have done differently. If I don't have time to write down what happened that day right after I'm done teaching, I make a voice memo to myself so that I won't forget what happened and important things to say.
I think that both of these characteristics go hand in hand because, you can't have good reflections if you are not communicating with the students to find out what is going on with them and their learning. Both of these are very important to become a great educator.
I have always been a very outgoing and friendly person. So, I knew that teaching would be a great career for me. I can talk for hours and never get bored with a conversation. I have always thought of myself as a great communicator. Not only do I talk very well, I am a great listener and am always open to new ideas.
I chose these two things because the survey that I handed out to my students for them to fill out, reflects on characteristic #2- The novice teacher should be an effective communicator. These two go together because I am getting to know my students more than just simply talking to them in the classroom. I wanted to hand out a survey for them to fill out so I can get to know them on a more personal level without being invasive and possibly embarrassing them by sitting with them in the middle of class and asking them what their favorite music was. Not all students respond that well to a teacher sitting with them and just having a conversation with them. Some students think that is "uncool".
No matter what has happened throughout the day, I always sit down and reflect on what I was thankful for during the day, and what I could have done differently. If something is upsetting me, I always reflect on that certain situation and think of ways that I can improve it or if there was anything I could do to fix it.
Characteristic #9 - The novice teacher should be a reflective practitioner. Being a reflective practitioner is a great quality to have in a teacher. An artifact that I am very proud of for this characteristic is my journal. I take very detailed notes and reflections at the end of each teaching day. Somedays, all I have is praise for the day and the students and other days, I am upset by a few things that have happened but never let it show to my students or my teacher and I just simply write it down and reflect on why I was upset and what I could have done differently. If I don't have time to write down what happened that day right after I'm done teaching, I make a voice memo to myself so that I won't forget what happened and important things to say.
I think that both of these characteristics go hand in hand because, you can't have good reflections if you are not communicating with the students to find out what is going on with them and their learning. Both of these are very important to become a great educator.
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