Professional Situation Analysis

When I was approached by my principal, Mr. Jones, I was shocked, embarrassed, and upset. Shocked, that they had actually read as well as they did, but knew that they both could. Their fluency scores were certainly not high, in comparison to many other second graders, but higher for them. Embarrassed, that my principal was put in a position to confront me about my approach to helping my daughters. He, being a father of three also, understands the frustrations, expectations, and responsibility we put upon ourselves as parents. He also knew about all of my ongoing frustrations and concerns my husband and I have dealt with in trying to best meet our daughter’s learning needs at Trail Wind. As my boss, a professional, and colleague, he was
I am not happy about receiving a reprimand in my professional file either, but rest assured, I will continue to meet my professional demands as an educator with 110%, as I have always demonstrated and expected of myself, and it certainly will not happen again. I will also continue to recognize the importance of building strong relationships with students and the important role these relationships play toward inspiring and motivating each student’s successes. I recognize that I have become a better, more effective and more compassionate teacher over the years. As I have witnessed, and been forced to deal with my own daughter’s struggles in school, I have become more understanding of student’s individual needs and approaches to learning. We can all achieve and succeed, but certainly not by always taking the same path or speed. I will continue to make the extra efforts to attend students’ sporting events, dance recitals, musical performances, high school and college graduations, and now weddings, on my own family time, because it matters to them! I will continue to strive to help each student understand