*Reflections*
I have come to a frightening conclusion:
I am the decisive element in the classroom,
It is my daily mood that makes the weather,
As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.
Hiam Ginott, Teacher and Child
I am the decisive element in the classroom,
It is my daily mood that makes the weather,
As a teacher, I possess tremendous power to make a child's life miserable or joyous.
I can be a tool of torture or an instrument of inspiration.
I can humiliate or humor, hurt or heal.
In all situations, it is my response that decides whether a crisis will be escalated or de-escalated and a child humanized or dehumanized.
Hiam Ginott, Teacher and Child
This poem expresses the significance that the role of the teacher plays within the academic arena. Educators have a tremendous impact on young minds, as their attitudes and actions become memorable, shaping the feelings that students associate with learning and achievement. As a reflective practitioner, I strive to stay positive, improve upon my own work, and encourage my students to do the same.
The following presentation was created after our class researched the various methods of instruction that can be implemented within the classroom. The assignment involved creating a lesson objective and having our classmates guess which strategy was being incorporated after reading the objective aloud. My partner and I chose an activity that encouraged cooperative learning, which teaches students to work together, building off of one another's skills as they brainstorm and edit each other's work.
Homework is an important aspect of any learning experience. Unfortunately, students often view homework as monotonous busy work and become unengaged. This homework assignment was created to improve students' writing skills by involving them in research on controversial issues that interest them. Students will be more enthusiastic about this assignment because it is rooted in their own interests, but it also helps students make connections to the real world as they delve into current events and help teach the conflict surrounding said events to their peers.
The following questions accompanied the articles, "Why We Can't Say Handicapped," "Common Core Standards: What Educators Need to Know," and "The Issues of IDEA" from noted education journals across the country.
This glog was created to help promote self-esteem in adolescent girls during a very fragile and impressionable time in their lives. Glogs can be implemented in the classroom, leading to more visually appealing and interactive lessons and homework assignments.