Bridget Daugherty: TE 402, Section 2, Literacy Goals for Class
One of my goals for this class is to build on my prior ideas for teaching literacy. Literacy was a difficult subject for me when I was a child, therefore as a teacher I would like to strive to find multiple strategies, tasks and resources for teaching literacy to diverse learners. With these resources I believe I will be a better teacher of literacy to my students in the future.
With student teaching fast approaching a second goal of mine is to understand myself better as a colleague. Working and communicating with others, I feel, is going to be a major part of next year. Having the opportunity to reflect on my actions as a member of a group will be very beneficial.
My last goal for this class is to become more comfortable in front of my first grade students when teaching lessons. I believe this will come from developing better preparations skills and methods. Understanding my students better would also help me when preparing lessons.
Overall I would like to better understand ideas behind teaching literacy, become a better colleague and become more comfortable when teaching lessons. Literacy is not only a subject within itself, it is essential when leaning many other subjects. For this reason I am hoping that this course will help me reach my goals and become a better teacher overall.
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Bridget- I think you can accomplish all of the goals you set for yourself this semester. I also want to bulid stronger relationships with my peers to prepare for next year. Next year, it is going to be very important to be able to develop strong relationships with other student teachers and teachers.
Also I think it is important to feel comfortable in front of students. In my 2nd grade classroom, it has really taken me a while to feel comfortable and I am still learning. I think it will be much easier to take this on next year. When we are in a classroom next year with the students on a daily basis we will be able to gain confidence. Overall, I think these are great goals to accomplish. If you work hard you should have no problem completely any of these. -Carrie
These are all great goals. It sounds like you are ready to do some introspection. The best way to get started addressing things you are uncomfortable with is to really articulate what specifically worries you and why. SO....What do you think made literacy difficult for you? What might have made it easier? What are you nervous about in front of your students? What is the worst case scenario that you can come up with? How bad is it really? Would the effects be long lasting?
Bridget- I can also relate to all of your goals for this semester. I agree mostly with your goal to understand yourself better as a colleague. I am currently in a fourth grade placement with three other seniors. At first I thought I would not like this situation because it would decrease the amount of time I had to teach the students. However, I believe it has made me a better collaborator. This can help me be a more effective student teacher next year and a better special educator in the future as I will be required to collaborate with my colleagues often.
Bridget - It is interesting that literacy was such a difficult subject for you in your youth, but I think you have proven you will be able to use your prior struggles with literacy will help you better communicate with those who are struggling.
Because teaching is such a collaborative profession, the fact that you want to work closely with others is important to your professional development as well. You have some very nice goals for the semester, and they seem to be coming from a very thoughtful place.
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