Most Improved Teaching Practice

I would like you to reflect on Fall semester this week by writing about the following:What aspect of your teaching practice has improved the most this past semester, and how? What aspect do you need to keep working on to move forward during the Spring semester, and why?

Overall, all of my teaching practices and performances has improved thanks to the Georgia NTI staff and classmates. The most improved aspect of my teaching practice has been classroom discipline and management. I received a trophy from the administrative team during a recent recognition program. The trophy was awarded for having the most discipline classroom.
I truly had to smile upon that one myself because in my mind I have not achieved the level of discipline I really would like to see. It is improved but I must continue to use the NTI strategies and research other methods to achieve the classroom I visualize in my head - mature students, task oriented, students talking but talking for a purpose with each other, no profanity or harsh words directed to each other nor the teacher and goal oriented. I believe that vision is achievable in our high schools and I will continue to strive toward it.