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.
Hi Jordan,
I am a co-founder with Hire Me Campaign (@HMCampaign) and we are currently compiling a young professionals “30 under 30″ twitter list with the best young professionals across various industries that college students and recent grads should be following! We are reaching out to you because we would like to include you on this list as a “The New Teacher” and a must follow for students interested in education.
Please contact me at cperez@hiremecampaign.com
Thank you,
Carmen Perez
http://www.HireMeCampaign.com
cperez@hiremecampaign.com