Reflection

One change I will make to my lesson plans immediately is to use visual examples to illustrate performance outcomes for students. Especially since I only teach English language learners, this enhancement to my plans is extremely important. The lesson plan we watched in action at the induction session made this very clear. Students were shown examples of the end product during the instruction/direction segment of the plan so they knew from the beginning what they would be required to produce.

The other reminder I needed to see was to have written instructions available to the students at all times in addition to the verbal explanation of directions. I have since tried to do this regularly in my classes and it saves me a lot of time otherwise spent repeating myself.

A Month in...

Here we are and it's already October! I've been a teacher for over a month now. How's it going, you ask? Depends on the day for sure. If you'd asked me yesterday I would have answered "Great!" Today, not so great. Funny how things can change from one day to the next. The hardest part for me is that there is so much yet to learn! I want to be an excellent and experienced teacher NOW. I am very fortunate to have a wonderful, supportive administration and great teachers to work with. I'm proud to be a part of the team at my school. Our kids are very lucky too.