Wednesday, February 25, 2009

Developing....

Well I really don't think at any point I will consider myself a master teacher. I have made many strides and jumped many hurdles to keep my students involved, learning and applying their knowledge. I think that through trail and error sometimes that the students don't know about I have improved as a teacher from my first year to now. NTI has helped me in many areas I have adapted somethings to fit the culture of my school and students. Teaching is an art and science in which you must balance in order to get what you need out of your students.

My students are some of the most creative in the world and I believe they can do anything they put their minds to. I feel that my teaching level has increased and it shows to be evident when my students display the things I have taught them not through testing but hands on application. For example we are on a chapter of studio production, but some parts of the chapter were taught at the very start of the school year and to my amazement they remembered the camera movements without me drilling them. The answers flowed out that made me feel great.

That made me feel that what I am doing is working to some affect. 
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2 comments:

  1. Dr. MFebruary 27, 2009 at 6:42:00 AM EST

    Hi, Mike - it is great to see the effects of your teaching, especially when your students retain lessons learned some time ago. More and more of that sort of display should be occuring from now to the end of the school year as the cumulative effects of your teaching become apparent.

    One of the signs of a master teacher is the belief that their students can do anything, as you have stated. With your guidance and motivation, they can. Keep challenging them!

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  2. LoriFebruary 27, 2009 at 8:24:00 PM EST

    Mike, I agree with you that our students are creative and smart. Our goal is to keep them challenged with new materials as much as possible and to keep them interested and active. Your right when you say that we as teachers are in a process of improvement, in which we can only strive, but may never arrive.

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