Essay On Teacher Identity

We started the first day of this course talking about teacher identity. I do not think my opinion about my identity as a teacher has changed drastically during the semester. I did change some aspects of the way I teach, however I still do not completely identify myself as a teacher. That is because I am a graduate student and I want to be successful as a student, before being successful as a teacher. I enjoy teaching right now, but I think that when being a teacher will be my full time job, then my opinion about my teacher identity will change more.
Some aspects that I did not reflect much about before teaching are ethical issues in the classroom and I am glad we got the chance to discuss them. If you teach a class with students with different cultural backgrounds some issues will most likely arise. I know that it will happen for me next semester in my ESL class and I want to be prepared to face possible challenges. In my opinion, a good approach is to clearly set the rules from day one. Perhaps the students are not used to attend class every day in their home country or turn in assignments once a week. I believe that if you …show more content…
I think it can be a good idea to use such materials as long as you have a clear understanding of what you are going to use and how you are going to use such materials before starting to teach the course. I recently got the idea about creating a website with lesson plans, exams and materials to teach Italian that will be free to use. Open access materials can be helpful for other teachers, and they can also be a way to let other people know about your own language and culture. Listening to Tea with BVP was a good task for this course, mainly because I got the chance to know more about other people’s opinions and thoughts about teaching. I think that listening to other teachers’ ideas and issues is very helpful because it makes you re-consider and question your own