I have some goals for success for high school. I will have to be able to score these goals i'll have to be academically eligible,try to be professional and solve my own personal goals. My goal is to be to participate more in sports and to participate more in other school activities. My priorities is to be to stay in school all the time and stay focused. Having a little knowledge and being smart is good and go to the right path. To always have determination and try to be individual as much as…
implementation, and stewardship of a vision of learning that everyone believes. I must have and believe in my personal vision for the school before I can lead others to share my vision. ELCC 1.1. In my Ethical Leadership class, one assignment was to prepare a vision for my future school. I understand that a vision should promote success for all students. My vision included major learning goals. I want to intentionally and positively invite all learners to discover their fullest potential…
My professional growth goal is to improve my questioning skills, integrate more technology in my lessons, and greatly improve my classroom management before I have my own classroom. I have currently incorporated technology into my lessons by using Flipcharts and PowerPoints to guide student learning as well as using Kahoot to assess student learning. With the great advances in technology, there are a plethora of resources for both students and teachers. In today’s world, children grow up using…
“School helps you gain more knowledge to go to college”, but I think school has helped me find my true passion to become an educator. A teacher is one who fulfills student’s goals and needs academically, developmentally, and personally. A teacher demonstrates scholarship, lifelong inquiry, leadership, and social responsibility. One is motivated to teach to be road map and help students succeed. To follow my passion, as a future educator, I have chosen this field to be a guide for students to be…
My administrative project goal focused on collaboration and working on our curriculum with my English department 9-12. Personally, this has been an area that I wanted to focus on for years because I felt that each ELA teacher was not able to move forward when it came to developing a viable curriculum. As teachers, we were planning on an individual grade level, but we were not specifically aware of what our colleagues were doing. For example, questions like: How much research was being done…
Generally, I tend to keep my thoughts and opinions to myself. Keeping feelings, whether they are positive or negative, can affect the program as a whole because it could potentially inhibit certain program goals. Incorporating active listening and I-statements can help resolve issues and focus on the overall goals of the program. Being an educator insinuates that I am part of a team, and through that, I should be more open to discussing my thoughts and feelings with my colleagues so we can focus…
Effective leaders nurture the home-school connection, and encourage parents to participate in their child’s education. Fostering meaningful relationships with parents and the community is an essential component of effective leadership. Beyond my classroom, I worked collaboratively to create, and attend Family Math Nights where we created math games for grades K-5, handouts for parents with game rules and the skills it promoted; as well as including older students who were well-versed in math…
Identifying Areas of Pedagogical Strength and Weakness If doctors didn't use best practice it would be malpractice, what about teachers? Although "best practice" remains a fairly subjective term depending on your philosophical views, the concept serves as the foundation for professional development. Just as best practice means something different to a doctor practicing homeopathy versus a doctor siding with western medicine, the idea of best practice also varies widely amongst educators.…
Upcoming Negotiation Recently, Ruth Watkins, who is the art teacher at Salado Intermediate and Middle School where I am a substitute teacher, approached me with a wonderful opportunity. She asked if I would consider taking over her position as the art teacher beginning in January of 2017. She explained…
performance. Continuously observing and reflecting on their performances, so they can improve in the future. Therefore, I believe that to become a high performance teacher, it takes being active and energize. Knowing that everything that teachers do is a time for teaching and learning. The way we communicate with other adults, communicate…