This site is a class blog space for new Career and Technical Specializations and Heathcare Science teachers enrolled in the New Teacher Institute (NTI) at Georgia State University in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tuesday, March 24, 2009
Most Important
The most important thing I’ve learned about myself as a teacher in the past term/year is that I discovered I have a hidden talent. My role as a teacher has enhanced this hidden talent that I did not realize I possessed. This talent is my ability to be patience, have endurance, and tolerance in dealing with the younger generation. I had no idea how much a teacher had to cope with until this year. My first two years consisted of getting my feet on the ground and understanding the methods I would put to use in setting up my classes. This year seems to be different because I am dealing with students that have such a diverse background. I am dealing with more classroom problems than I did in my first two years of teaching. For the most part, I have been able to take care of the problems in the classroom with out having administrative involvement. My classes are better prepared now than in previous years mainly because of the NTI program. The NTI course has helped me to deal better with lesson plans as well with students’ behaviors that create problems in the classroom. Sometimes, I feel a little overwhelmed but overall I feel this has been a great year and I am looking forward to next year.
I so agree with you. It is amazing how having the correct "tools" to use can make your teaching life so much better. NTI has made the biggest difference in my classroom management also. I also feel that I trust myself more this year. Last year (before NTI) I was always second (and third) guessing my decisions. By the time I acted, things had gotten out of hand. Now with the proper training, I have strategies to use that are second nature. So, I head off situations before they get out of hand.
ReplyDeleteHi, Mark - your post made me smile as you talk of discovering hidden talents. If you didn't possess them, then you surely had to grow them, like Papa Joe says growing eyes in the back of your head. You are making such a huge impact on your students, I hope you stay in the classroom long after you could leave.
ReplyDeleteGosh I could so write the exact same blog. My hat is off to you also, so that you can see the eyes growing in the back of my head. Your growing then too! Your talent was always there. Patience is the greatest talent a teacher can have. You and I can out wit, out last, and win. Sounds like a TV show. Good Luck.
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