Goals and Plan for Improvement
Running head: GOALS AND PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT
Goals and Plan for Improvement
Li Fengwei
Tennessee Temple University
Dr Marla Smithson
EDUC 5063A Principles of Effective Teaching
August 18th, 2012
GOALS AND PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT
Outline
• Summery Reflecting on My Current Performance Assessing Qualities Associated with the Teacher as a Person • Content Knowledge • Social Interactions with Students
GOALS AND PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT
Goals and Plan for Improvement
Summary
Reflecting on My Current Performance (P49): The qualities of the teacher as a person demonstrate the criteria of being an effective teacher. It clearly shows that as an effective teacher what he should possess and what needs to be improved. As caring, fairness and respect, attitude toward teaching, interactions with students, enthusiasm and motivation and reflective practice, teachers can use these qualities to gauging themselves. Through the completion of the first chart, my performance of teaching is just being rated by these descriptors. It is obvious that the qualities of caring, attitude toward teaching and enthusiasm and motivation are distributed into the column of Master. The qualities of fairness and respect are distributed into Professional. The quality of reflective practice is in Apprentice. There is no problem that caring of students. It is definitely certain that caring students is a necessary quality of being an effective teacher. Caring students is not only the part of the teaching job, but also is the life of teachers. My students are cared by me. Caring students is loving student in my opinion. Students can feel love from my caring. A better listening skill is being possessed by my nature. Willing to listen students’ stories, events and problems determines that I care about students’ personal lives academically and personally. Being patient to students makes them feel comfortable
Goals and Plan for Improvement
Li Fengwei
Tennessee Temple University
Dr Marla Smithson
EDUC 5063A Principles of Effective Teaching
August 18th, 2012
GOALS AND PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT
Outline
• Summery Reflecting on My Current Performance Assessing Qualities Associated with the Teacher as a Person • Content Knowledge • Social Interactions with Students
GOALS AND PLAN FOR IMPROVEMENT
Goals and Plan for Improvement
Summary
Reflecting on My Current Performance (P49): The qualities of the teacher as a person demonstrate the criteria of being an effective teacher. It clearly shows that as an effective teacher what he should possess and what needs to be improved. As caring, fairness and respect, attitude toward teaching, interactions with students, enthusiasm and motivation and reflective practice, teachers can use these qualities to gauging themselves. Through the completion of the first chart, my performance of teaching is just being rated by these descriptors. It is obvious that the qualities of caring, attitude toward teaching and enthusiasm and motivation are distributed into the column of Master. The qualities of fairness and respect are distributed into Professional. The quality of reflective practice is in Apprentice. There is no problem that caring of students. It is definitely certain that caring students is a necessary quality of being an effective teacher. Caring students is not only the part of the teaching job, but also is the life of teachers. My students are cared by me. Caring students is loving student in my opinion. Students can feel love from my caring. A better listening skill is being possessed by my nature. Willing to listen students’ stories, events and problems determines that I care about students’ personal lives academically and personally. Being patient to students makes them feel comfortable
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