reflect on what you perceive to be your own areas of strength and what competencies you feel you need to work hardest to develop given your professional goals. State and describe at least three competencies you’d like to develop and why. I do understand that most of you are school teachers, not ID&T professionals, but certainly there is plenty overlap between these different types of roles
Right of the bat the definition of competencies is the quality of being competent; as having suitable or sufficient skill, knowledge, experience, or being qualifeied to perform a task (Reiser & Dempsey, p. 272). Thus far in my career I feel as though I have been tossed around due to budget cuts I have lost out on the experience. Every year I am learning a new schools expectations and new curriculum. I feel like a first year teacher every year. On the other hand, this does give me strengths as well. I am familiar with several curriculums at various grade levels and subjects, such as Physical Education and Enrichment (technology). As well as, I adapt well to new surroundings and can work collarboratively with staff members to best benefit the children. I would like to develop further in analyzing data, designing and developing instructional methods and strategies. With more experience and time I will feel more competent in these areas, but would like to focus on creating data I can interpret and go back to the classroom, teach, reteach and go from there. I know it is key to have many instructional strategies, it keeps things interesting and hits on the different learning styles of people.
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I think there have been lots of things that students and teachers could have benefited from but couldn't due to the budget issues and that is just plain sad to me.
Being that I feel I learned so much during my first year of teaching, I have to ask... Do you feel that you have learned more than most because of your "being tossed around"?
I agree that you must be gaining many skills in your current situation than you would not gain if you had the luxury of getting settled in a classroom. Where others may cringe at change or new things, you should have the skills and the knowledge on how to handle new things much better than those were able to settle in.
Katherine
Darcy,
I would like to get better at designing and developing instruction too. I am somewhat like you in the fact that I am losing experiences.
I am currently working at the university and am not in a classroom; the unfortunate part is, even if I were, the experience wouldn't count for my state certificate because it isn't in a P-12 setting.
I feel that all of these "hypothetics" with no actual practice, is whittling away at my confidence to do it in the classroom once I get back.
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