Welcome to my Teacher Assisting Portfolio!
Thank you for taking time to view my electronic portfolio recounting my efforts during my teacher assisting semester. The semester has been quite demanding, but I have grown to appreciate teaching as a profession, as well as embrace the opportunity to learn so much in such a short period of time. I am happy with the high level of expectations that each of my mentors has held for me. These high expectations have allowed me to not only get the most out of the experience in my placement, but have also shown me what successful teaching practices look like.
I am very pleased with my efforts on my unit plan, lesson plan memoir, lesson recount, and technology project. I feel that these pieces show my commitment to student learning, rather than a commitment to “teacher teaching.” Having student learning in mind is the key to creating successful units and lessons, and integrating technology correctly. Teachers should be experts at conveying concepts in a meaningful way, and not experts in showing “how smart they are” or tricking students (gotcha! mentality). I feel that many of my entries show this attention to student learning.
My areas of growth relate to my equity project, decision making, resume, and teaching philosophy. I really need to start getting involved with more education-related activities, in order to convey my commitment to education, as well as gaining more professional experience. This will help build my resume, and will help set me apart from other teacher candidates. My teaching philosophy is a work in progress, and I want to finish my literacy, and classroom management plans before completing this. It is also important for me to seek out resources to aid in equity. Perhaps a good disposition and personal example are good starts to insuring equal opportunities for students to learn mathematics, but these lack evidence of development and are more “I’ll get back to you” examples. I feel that I need more opportunities to make instructional decisions before I can truly understand my own understanding of this topic.
I am very pleased with my efforts on my unit plan, lesson plan memoir, lesson recount, and technology project. I feel that these pieces show my commitment to student learning, rather than a commitment to “teacher teaching.” Having student learning in mind is the key to creating successful units and lessons, and integrating technology correctly. Teachers should be experts at conveying concepts in a meaningful way, and not experts in showing “how smart they are” or tricking students (gotcha! mentality). I feel that many of my entries show this attention to student learning.
My areas of growth relate to my equity project, decision making, resume, and teaching philosophy. I really need to start getting involved with more education-related activities, in order to convey my commitment to education, as well as gaining more professional experience. This will help build my resume, and will help set me apart from other teacher candidates. My teaching philosophy is a work in progress, and I want to finish my literacy, and classroom management plans before completing this. It is also important for me to seek out resources to aid in equity. Perhaps a good disposition and personal example are good starts to insuring equal opportunities for students to learn mathematics, but these lack evidence of development and are more “I’ll get back to you” examples. I feel that I need more opportunities to make instructional decisions before I can truly understand my own understanding of this topic.