One thing I have found throughout my first semester as a teacher, is that I literally have learned something new everyday. Something new about my teaching that is.
I’m not gonna say I’m the best teacher ever, or that I was the worst teacher ever at the start of the year and now I’ve blossomed into this amazing educator, yada, yada, yada…. I do, however, think I’m improving.
I won’t get into any details about the many different areas that I believe are turning around for me. But I will say this, I don’t have that treading water feeling (as much) as I have throughout the semester. Now I realize that it is finals week at my school, and I have had a lot of time to catch up on marking and other work. I guess I’m just feeling optimistic about next semester. I do have 4 new classes, the workload will still be there. But I think I have learned how to approach my work better. I think I’ve learned more about the outcome based learning that my division has implemented.
More than anything I am just feeling confident in my abilities as an educator. It feels like it’s been a long time coming, I just wanted to let you all know.
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