Thursday, December 6, 2018
Ready for some changes
As we enter into the last two weeks of the first semester, I am at a place of reflection per usual. Did I do enough, should I have pushed my students harder, should I have expected more, did I offer enough energy and inspiration, was I present enough, did my lessons create enough curiosity and motivation for learning...
I know I am pretty hard on myself and consistently have enormous exceptions for myself in my work. But...my work directly impacts the futures of others. I have to make sure that I am at my best and doing everything I possibly can with the times that I have.
Am I ready for some changes?
Always.
I am always reinventing my teaching as I grow in thinking through various means of professional development and reflection of my work. My students are always my best teachers as they teach me daily, what they need, thus...what I need to be doing to be most effective.
So what have my students taught me this year that I need to correct for in semester two?
I have listened and learned and have come up with this incomplete list so far...
* Smaller units
* More vocabulary
* More formative feedback
* More clarity on standards
* Better developed rubrics
* Student self-assessment using clear and concise rubrics
* Standards-Based communication of growth
* More energy in engaging my students from minute one
Again, this is a partial list, but it is meaty enough to create my plans for personal growth and planning over break to make the second semester everything that I want it to be and my students need it to be.
Be Mindful.
Peace.
Mark Levine
#Mindfulliteracy
@LevineWrites
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