As professionals we should always be looking for ways to improve because I don't believe the status of perfection can ever be achieved. Being fairly new in the teaching profession there are still a great number of areas that I want to improve upon. I took a look at the competencies for the instructor because it is most closely related to the areas I am looking to improve upon.
One area that I wanted to improve on is preparing for instruction, improve the organization. There are so many days where I feel like I am running around at the last minute trying to get things ready for what is coming next in our day. I want to work on being more prepared and having things organized so that the day will run more smoothly and I will feel more in control of what is going on. Despite the fact of having limited planning time and no real curriculum to work from, there are ways to get around this and be prepared.
Another area that I am looking to improve upon is to promoting the transfer of knowledge and skills. Working with special education students, the generalization of knowledge is something that is extremely difficult for them, but also very important. I need to work on teaching them functional skills inside the classroom and then reteach the information outside of the classroom so that they are able to directly see how these skills can be used in 'the real world.'
The final area of competency that I want to work on is assessing learning and performance. I think that so often I am more worried about pushing on to the next activity that I don't always stop to assess how the students are doing with the material being taught. I need to get better about modifying instruction on things that may have been confusing and not be afraid to go back and re-teach. If it is important enough to be taught, then I should be doing my best to help all students understand.
Of course there are many other areas that I want to improve upon, but these are three of the major areas.
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I agree that we should always seek to improve ourselves. Perfection can never be achieved. I like your goals. They seem very worthwhile and realistic.
I too agree that we should always be seeking more out of ourselves and never settling for the level we have reached. Looks like you have some very solid goals. I can see the realism in your expectations and it seems like you are heading the right direction. It takes time and I don't think any of us have mastered it... I know I have mastered much. :) Being prepared is one of those things that I tend to struggle with as well. I have most of it together, but putting all the final pieces in line ahead of time is something that has always been tough for me to do. Good reflection!
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