This week was full of preparing for my student teaching experience through attempting to write my first unit plan and learning about the different modes I can use to share information with my class. Week four's investment readings weren't really readings at all, but actually two really awesome TED Talk videos! I learned two very important lessons that I am going to incorporate into my three questions for this upcoming week.
The first key takeaway was from the TED Talk narrated by Kate Simonds, a 17 year old, who expressed how she is fighting for a world of creative collaboration between adults and students. As a future educator, I will strive to make sure I listen to my students' voices and opinions so that I can make a classroom environment that is focused on their needs and end goals. Ensuring that I am respecting my students' opinions and adapting my teaching method to meet their needs, will enable them to want to learn more and participate in a classroom that they helped shape.
The second lesson I learned from the week four investment material came from the TED Talk narrated by Angela Maiers, an educator who advocates the need to recognize each and every student in the classroom. Making it a priority to tell students that you recognize the effort they put into an assignment or how well they did on a project, will help them recognize their own value within the classroom. Telling people that they matter and are essential to your life, is a great way to help them accomplish their own goals and to spread that same positivity to others.
1. To my future students...
Are there any activities that you would like to participate in this year as FFA members, that you haven't in the past? (All ideas are welcome to be discussed, even if they aren't FFA related but have some leadership or professional development/networking opportunities.) Instead of telling the FFA members what events they can attend in the upcoming school year, I think letting them have a say in what they would like to attend or being able to bring new ideas to the table will make them more interested and engaged.
2. For my cooperating teacher, Mrs. Rice...
What types of collaboration do you do with your students on a daily basis and are there any opportunities for them to make choices within certain educational situations?
3. For my cohort members...
What ideas can you think of, of how to express to students that they are valued in the classroom and that each and everyone of them is important?
Great words Lauren! You bring up a good point about valuing student work, and when you mention giving students choice in their ffa activities, be sure to think about how you're going to VALUE their choices once they make them...
ReplyDeleteThanks for the advice! I will make sure to incorporate student choices into my classroom while trying to place value and appreciation into their input.
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