CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: Reflections!

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FINAL BLOG POST - OUR "DAILY TRIPLE" (DUE 12/1).

This week I would like you to use your imagination. You have just won the lottery and will leave your teaching post immediately to travel around the world. As you leave your keys you meet your replacement. You are asked to give this new teacher just ONE piece of advice. What would that be, and why? Enjoy your world expedition!

Blog Post - Week 7

This past week in my own teaching I felt a little disconnected which prompts my question to you, "What was the moment (or moments) when I felt most disconnected or disengaged as a teacher - the moment(s) I said to myself, I'm just going through the motions here?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 6

For the past couple of weeks you have experienced asynchronous online learning (doing modules by yourself). Previously this semester you have experienced synchronous online learning (all together in the Collaborate room). Which do you think is more effective and why do you think that? Which do you like better, and why?

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 5

This week we have what we call "open mic." You can write a post about anything related to your teaching that you would like responses from your classmates.

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 4

Here is this week's question: "What was the event that most took me surprise this week - and event that shook me up, caught me off guard, gave me a jolt, or made me unexpectedly happy?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 3

Please write a post about the following question, "In thinking about my past week teaching what is one thing I would do differently, and why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 2

Please write a post about the following question, " In thinking about my teaching activities this past week, of what do I feel most proud? Why?"

Fall Semester 2016 Blog Post - Week 1

Describe something you used in your program in the first weeks of school that you learned in the summer NTI program. How did it work? Did it get you off to a stronger start than last year?

Sunday, October 10, 2010

Reflections!

This past week was filled with a lot of different activities. I had my first teacher observation for NTI, classes were interrupted for testing and my senior level students began their clinical rotations in the field. I had to be very versatile with my planning and at times it became a little overwhelming. These types of situations are unfortunately all to common for a typical day in the world of teaching. This week has helped me to realize that no matter how prepared you are there are always some things you can not control. As a teacher, you try to cover all of your basis and hope that your day goes the way you planned, but in the likeliness that your plan becomes interrupted, your ability to adapt becomes very important. Over planning is always a good idea because you never know what your day is going to bring.

1 comment:

donna bresnan said...: I have found this to be so true. Being a teacher means that you really have to be organzied and plan everything to a "T". Unfortunately, most days have something that happens to interrupt your well prepared planning. The real challenge is not the original planning but the flexibility required to work around the interruption and keep on track no matter what you have to do on the spur of the moment to get lessons done.; October 10, 2010 at 6:51:00 PM EDT