My vision for academic success is that my students become more engaged in their learning as well as meet or exceed grade level expectations.
To measure these two goals, I will first inventory my students’ current performance and dispositions towards learning. This will encompass gather assessment data, speaking with previous teachers, surveying my new students, and being a good listener of their daily class interactions during the first weeks of school.
Once I have built of repository of information on where my students are currently at, I can start chartering mini-goals as well as long range goals for the semester. Like any assessment process, this will be a continuous effort of trying out new techniques or strategies and then evaluating …show more content…
Therefore, some of our students might experience challenges outside of school that might impact their time in school, such as being stressed or hungry. Do you think you would be able to achieve success with students despite these types of challenges? Share two or three strategies that you would use in your classroom.
Your answer should be 300-500 words and should answer all parts of the question.
Growing up, and student teaching, in an impoverished background I can certainly reflect upon and attest to the situation that these students would be enduring. These challenges could certainly seem insurmountable initially, especially anxiety and hunger, even worse when paired together. Two strategies that I would focus on in my classroom to address these needs would include: (1) creating safe and open learning classroom learning environments and (2) incorporating opportunities for outreach programs within my classroom instructional …show more content…
I do not want them to come into my classroom feeling anxious, and having that anxiety compounded on them. Rather, I want my instructional time to be devoted to shifting their mindsets away from the external stressors in order to focus on learning. The keys to this strategy’s success include: building meaningful relationships with my students, having regular contact with parents, and remaining flexible and adaptive to their needs. The relationship building component is most important because once students and their parents have built comfortability with me as an individual and professional they might be more likely to share their predicaments with me so that I can provide the best service to them in the classroom. Likewise, by remaining cognizant of these students needs I can be flexible and adaptive where need be to ensure my students are less likely to be placed in learning situations that add un-needed
To measure these two goals, I will first inventory my students’ current performance and dispositions towards learning. This will encompass gather assessment data, speaking with previous teachers, surveying my new students, and being a good listener of their daily class interactions during the first weeks of school.
Once I have built of repository of information on where my students are currently at, I can start chartering mini-goals as well as long range goals for the semester. Like any assessment process, this will be a continuous effort of trying out new techniques or strategies and then evaluating …show more content…
Therefore, some of our students might experience challenges outside of school that might impact their time in school, such as being stressed or hungry. Do you think you would be able to achieve success with students despite these types of challenges? Share two or three strategies that you would use in your classroom.
Your answer should be 300-500 words and should answer all parts of the question.
Growing up, and student teaching, in an impoverished background I can certainly reflect upon and attest to the situation that these students would be enduring. These challenges could certainly seem insurmountable initially, especially anxiety and hunger, even worse when paired together. Two strategies that I would focus on in my classroom to address these needs would include: (1) creating safe and open learning classroom learning environments and (2) incorporating opportunities for outreach programs within my classroom instructional …show more content…
I do not want them to come into my classroom feeling anxious, and having that anxiety compounded on them. Rather, I want my instructional time to be devoted to shifting their mindsets away from the external stressors in order to focus on learning. The keys to this strategy’s success include: building meaningful relationships with my students, having regular contact with parents, and remaining flexible and adaptive to their needs. The relationship building component is most important because once students and their parents have built comfortability with me as an individual and professional they might be more likely to share their predicaments with me so that I can provide the best service to them in the classroom. Likewise, by remaining cognizant of these students needs I can be flexible and adaptive where need be to ensure my students are less likely to be placed in learning situations that add un-needed