Where Do I Go From Here?
That is the question. ‘Never stop learning’ is a motto that I truly feel encompasses who I am. It is my goal to become a teacher and be there as a guide for students along their path to learning, but I also feel I am there to help other professionals as well on their paths to learning and education.
Classroom
The more I am in classes the more excited I am to one day have my own. I have seen many classrooms in the past 20 years, layout, design, expectations, and teaching styles, and I feel that I am ready for my own. I feel confident in guiding any group of students in any location on their road towards education.
Professional Support/Development
I find that with the amount of knowledge and experience I have it is my responsibility to also help other educators with their practice. Just the other day I was teaching a lesson in my practicum class while the teacher was absent and a temporary teacher on call (TTOC) was in. The lesson involved using an online gaming program called KAHOOT. I was using the online game for formative assessment of the math concepts being taught in the last few weeks. Now the students did not know this was happening as they were just happy to be playing an interactive game instead of having another math worksheet. The TTOC had never seen the game before and was amazed that I was using it for assessment purposes.
While at another school in my role as an education assistant I started seeing a need for worksheet development to teach math concepts in a grade 9 math class. I found many worksheets online that reinforce the concept, but there were none that actually taught the concept in a way that students could easily understand if they had never seen the concept before. Since then I have created other such worksheets that teachers have been using with their students in both science and math.
Next Steps
To continue. To finish. To contribute.
To GRADUATE!!
References
Lawrence, D. (2016) Fractions – Mixed to Improper to Mixed. Retrieved from https://mrdevonlawrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/fractions-mixed-to-improper-to-mixed1.pdf
Lawrence, D. (2016) Ionic-Covalent Name-Formula. Retrieved from https://mrdevonlawrence.com/wp-content/uploads/2017/04/ionic-covalent-name-formula.pdf
Pixabay · Stunning Free Images. (n.d.). Retrieved December 5, 2018, from https://pixabay.com/
Tame The Classroom (2017, 10) What Does Flexible Seating Look Like in My Classroom?
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