Youtube: Peer-Teaching Reflection
2. Educators engage in career-long learning.
Educators engage in professional development and reflective practice, understanding that a hallmark of professionalism is the concept of professional growth over time. Educators develop and refine personal philosophies of education, teaching and learning that are informed by theory and practice. Educators identify their professional needs and work to meet those needs individually and collaboratively.
Looking ahead...
I think that educators have so much to learn from one another, especially cross-curricular-wise, and that engaging with one another to co-create lessons or units can enhance teaching strategies and materials. As a pre-service teacher, I have embraced a growth mindset and plan to continue having an openness towards my future colleagues and the knowledge they bring to teaching. In the future, I plan to collaborate with colleagues as a way to continuously be expanding my own teaching methods and resource library.
A Reflection of Beauty
Peer Teaching Take Aways + Connections
This experience can be connected to the BC Teachers' Standards:
1. Educators implement effective practices in areas of classroom management, planning, instruction, assessment, evaluation and reporting.
Educators have the knowledge and skills to facilitate learning for all students and know when to seek additional support for their practice. Educators thoughtfully consider all aspects of teaching, from planning through reporting, and understand the relationships among them. Educators employ a variety of instructional and assessment strategies.
Looking back...
Looking back on this experience, my favourite part about having the opportunity to co-teach was that it allowed us to put our strengths together and create an inclusive lesson that accommodates various learning strengths. We created this lesson so that it is also easily adaptable to suit different grade levels and subject areas. Our planning process was collaborative and done in a way that allowed us to make connections between each component of the lesson; this made for a very cohesive delivery.
Co-Teaching: Feedback
Findings: What does a good teacher do?
In my English Language Arts methods class, we were asked at the beginning of the term to consider what we thought "good" teachers did in the classroom. Next, we brainstormed ideas and drew a visual representation of a standard 2017 high school student (photo on the right). Throughout the class we explored teaching strategies to teach reading, writing, listening viewing, and representing in ELA classrooms. During our last class, James asked us again, "What does a good teacher do?" The photo on the left is how myself and a classmate represented our response to that question based on the growth we experienced over the course of the term.