Important Things That I Have Learned

The most important thing that I have learned over time from teaching is how to be better organized. Sometimes we don't take the proper time to organize and this can cost us valueable time and takes away from instruction time. By being better organized enables me to handle and prevent distractions and class intruptions and stay on subject.

After teaching the same subject one becomes more adept and more efficient at presenting subject matter. I find that over time, I do more research and am able to add more interesting facts which makes the subject more interesting to the students. Also by knowing more about the subject that I'm teaching puts me more at ease and give me more confidence which I think rubs off on the students. I find now that it takes less preparation which enable me to devote more time to other matters such as how to keep my student involve in the lesson and how to make better presentations. I learned quite a bit from another teacher at our school who practices his delivery, and he is able to keep his students undivided attention. Without a student's attention, it is very difficult teach them anything.