CTE New Teacher Institute Forum: What have I learned as a teacher this week

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Monday, October 11, 2010

What have I learned as a teacher this week

This week along with a few other weeks I have learned to be patient with myself and my students. I am going into my third year of teaching and one thing I have learned these past three years is that no student is the same. I have learned that I have a lot to learn when it comes to being an effective teacher. I think since I really want to teach and want the students to actually comprehend the lessons I introduce to them, makes me frusrated because I realize my students are there just to meet up with their friends. I am so excited about sharing the experience I have in healthcare science I can hardly contain myself. But I know that my excitement does not always transfer to my students. So what I have learned is that I have to figure out how to get my students excited about the lessons. I know some of the students are listening and really want to learn but that is not the majority. Since I know no two students are the same I am experimenting with different activities that will hopefully draw in the different levels of students I have. Also I have learned to listen more to the students when they have suggestions and then use their suggestions.

1 comment:

Rod said...: Sandra, I totally agree with your post. I was in the building industry for years. I am very passionate about the work that I have done. So that makes me just as passionate about passing on what I have learned to others. So I am right there with you on trying to figure out how to transfer my excitement to them. Something caught me off gaurd one day last week. I was teaching on tape measures. I was showing how far out it could extend without the end dropping. They had so much fun guessing the measurments, I was shocked.; October 17, 2010 at 11:29:00 AM EDT