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.
Sunday, March 15, 2009
What I Have Learned From My Students
One of the things I have learned from my students over this past year is that they are individuals with their own thoughts, feelings and needs and how important it is to acknowledge their uniqueness, strengths, and talents to them on a daily basis. This year my focus has slowly changed from trying to teach them directly to providing an environment that is conducive to increase motivation, interest, and desire to discover and learn about various aspects of health care. NTI has given me the tools to be able to provide a rich learning environment and I have seen the students grow as a result intellectual as well as emotionally. The students have also taught me that they are a good barometer to what is going on in the classroom and as a result I pay closer attention to their feedback that I did the previous year.
I agree, my focus has somewhat changed to a more "mothering" than a tough automotive teacher. I came straight from the automotive field. I was a tough chic! I had to be, I was typically the only female on staff outside of a secretary. I've been trying to find new ways to get their attention back to their work, and I've stuggled. I've moved things around the shop to make it more accessible, and I've increased the amount of tools. Now, it is just finding time to do all that paperwork that we have during the week that has nothing to do with teaching.
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