Reflection on the B.C. Standards of Teaching.
These responses to the BC Standards of Teaching were created in a forum setting with the explicit purpose of being shared with colleagues and peers. I believe these reflection examples offer a succinct look at some of the more challenging and underlying aspects of teaching
Evolution of Sport
Pickleball is a perfect example of creativity and the evolving nature of our profession. The game is a hybrid of tennis, badminton and table tennis. It offers competitors an adaptable scoring system that can allow competitive games between varying skill levels
Standard 7: Educators engage in career-long learning.
I believe the most important quality in an effective teacher is the ability to adapt, evolve and continue to learn as their career and life develops. This is a quality that I intend to maintain as I move from the student role and into that of a teacher and facilitator of learning. For instance, greater emphasis has been placed on the need to challenge traditional assessment techniques. I believe this emphasis is the result of an emerging belief that assessment should be directed away from regurgitation of facts to a more complex and detailed discovery of understanding.
Constantly challenging what we percieve to be adequate and believing there is more to learn will hopefully enable my teaching career produce quality and creative lessons.
By maintaining relationships with previous professors, creating new relationships with future co-workers and other teachers in the community, an educator can collaborate and have access to potentially endless amounts of new ideas. This wealth of information should not be taken for granted
Standard 8: Educators contribute to the profession
Success is not the product of the established. Success is forged through the habits and dedication that transpires early. Teachers are the product of their environment, their dedication and their access to resources. Continual mentoring is a vital resource to maintaining and surpassing the standards set out by the British Columbian government. Without those resources, new teachers are destined to make the same mistakes as their predecessors and evolution of the profession will remain stagnant.
Standard 1: Educators value and care for all students and act in their best interests.
As educators, we are prominent figures in the lives of countless students. In order to provide those students with emotional, physical, psychological, and social wellbeing we must provide and secure a respectful environment
Being clear about what you expect of your class, not just with regards to school work but as a future contributing member of society, and upholding those standards yourself, will garner you the trust, respect and credibility that is required to freely exchange ideas and knowledge and produce an equal partnership in the learning process.
“The mediocre teacher tells. The good teacher explains. The superior teacher demonstrates. The great teacher inspires.” - William Arthur Ward