What I learned...

What I have learned about myself as a teacher during this week is that while I really enjoy teaching I have to be patient with myself because it takes time to get it under your belt. Like anything else, it doesn’t happen over night. This week was our homecoming week and it was very challenging because as the culinary arts teacher I was asked to prepare the homecoming court breakfast with the help of my students. As a first year teacher it was my first time doing the event for the school and I wanted it to go well but I was concerned about how I could turn it into a learning experience for my students. I think that if I had planned better and really thought about how I could have transformed the event into a lesson it would have been a better experience for the students. The lesson for me was not to miss any opportunity to create a productive lesson. I feel that overtime and with experience it will become easier for me to identify those hidden moments that I can make into memorable moments for the students.