What I Learned This Year

First off I loved what he said about his goal for the year is to “stay positive”. I really need to work on applying that in my daily life. I think it was a really great idea to blog about his first year of teaching to helping other teachers that are just starting out. He was young and inexperienced when he began his first job as an elementary school teacher. One of his first mistakes was thinking that it was all about the teacher. He was so worried about how he was being assessed, and he did not make the lessons student centered. He said that a big mistake teachers make is that they become so concerned with the delivery and they are not checking for student comprehension. In order to be affective you have to be able to let your audience drive your instruction. Another piece of advice he gave was to always be flexible, no lesson is perfect. Communication is the best medicine; it is the best way to resolve an issue in the workplace and in the classroom. Another great piece of advice is to always be reasonable. Sometimes teachers build expectations to high for students and when they do not reach them they become upset. Also you have to worry about setting the expectations to low, the student will not reach their full potential if they are set to low. They are not perfect and neither are we. Also do not be afraid of technology it is a great teaching tool and it will keep students attention. I think it would be great to have a class blog and include technology as much as you can because it will be beneficial for the students. I think the best piece of adv ice he gave was to listen to your students. It is so important to listen and make them feel comfortable around you. Listening to your students will help them in a lot of ways. I really enjoyed this blog, it had some great advice that I will use in the coming years.