Reflection of Knowledge and Skills of APS (synthesis): I believe that APS 10 is a very important APS. It states the characteristics of what an effective teacher should have. I think a lot of teacher have these intentions at the beginning and it slowly starts to fade away. It is important that teachers constantly remind themselves of why they decided to teach. Teachers help build the foundation to students’ education so we have a major job and role to fill. Teachers should do more positive communication with students, parents, and staff rather than being negative. I know of a lot of teachers who dread talking to parents because the parents are “crazy” and they don’t understand how their child really is. In situations like that, teachers still
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It is a great way for teachers to communicate with parents about what is going on in the classroom.
Artifact Reflection: I really enjoyed creating a newsletter. I just used the template layout from my clinical I teacher. I filled in everything using the SC state standards. I included my email address at the top so that parents had a way to communicate with me. I used the school mascot, an owl, to make it a little fancier. I wanted to make sure I stayed with the owl theme as much as possible by saying things such as “Dates to give a hoot about, Owl-Ways Be Inspired, Owl- Star Homework, and Bright Owl for the week. Dates to give a hoot about is about fun and important things that are happening in the classroom and the entire school. Owl-Ways be inspired are book suggestions that I thought would be great reads. The book suggestions relate to special holiday’s that are approaching or something that is related to what we are discussing in class. Owl-Star Homework is the work that I would plan on sending home with the students. That way the parents see that they have homework that is due. Lastly the Bright Owl of the week is for a a special students who worked hard the week before. I think this would help the students to feel special and to show that I pay attention. I think for students to really care and want to be the Bright-Owl for the week, the teacher has to make it a big deal. I like the
It is a great way for teachers to communicate with parents about what is going on in the classroom.
Artifact Reflection: I really enjoyed creating a newsletter. I just used the template layout from my clinical I teacher. I filled in everything using the SC state standards. I included my email address at the top so that parents had a way to communicate with me. I used the school mascot, an owl, to make it a little fancier. I wanted to make sure I stayed with the owl theme as much as possible by saying things such as “Dates to give a hoot about, Owl-Ways Be Inspired, Owl- Star Homework, and Bright Owl for the week. Dates to give a hoot about is about fun and important things that are happening in the classroom and the entire school. Owl-Ways be inspired are book suggestions that I thought would be great reads. The book suggestions relate to special holiday’s that are approaching or something that is related to what we are discussing in class. Owl-Star Homework is the work that I would plan on sending home with the students. That way the parents see that they have homework that is due. Lastly the Bright Owl of the week is for a a special students who worked hard the week before. I think this would help the students to feel special and to show that I pay attention. I think for students to really care and want to be the Bright-Owl for the week, the teacher has to make it a big deal. I like the