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Wednesday, September 17, 2014
9/15/14 What I would change- Ruth
Each day of teaching is a learning experience for me. This week was no different. Each day I have to prepare for two preps, my first one is the nursing assistant class and it really takes a lot out of me. It's what I teach first and second block, and again third and fourth block. I have two other classes in the afternoon. This week I decided that I would use CTAERN and get a worksheet for my Essentials class. I did just that, pulled the worksheet, copied it and gave it to the class when they came in. This was my mistake, I didn't check it with the book that I have for my class. The questions started and I ended up staying " just leave that blank". I felt like such a bad teacher, I really should have been better prepared for that class. If I could do that over I would. I would have compared the worksheet to the book we have and made sure that the students could find the answers in the book. I would change this if I could because my students deserve better.
I have done this type of thing myself. I have learned to always check. And being a new teacher you have so much to do that things like this can happen. Don't be too hard on yourself. This was a good learning experience. Thank you, Dr. J.
ReplyDeleteI am guilty. I did exactly the same thing last year. I went to CTAERN a pulled a worksheet because I was just worn out. I didn’t check it to make sure that everything made sense and it was still current. I just gave it to the students. I was bombarded with several questions. I could have avoided this my at least looking at the worksheet before I printed it off. I felt really bad too, but I sucked it up and realized that everyone makes mistakes and it was not the worst thing in the world. I learned from it and moved on.
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