Teaching Experience Two goal setting

Over the holidays I had a goal setting conversation with my teaching mentor about goal setting for the next Teaching Experience.

During my first TE my areas of strength identified during my appraisals were:

• Taking on feedback
• Using evidence to inform teaching
• Classroom management
• Use of ICT in teaching

Areas for development:

• Being clearer with communication with learners around learning intentions, also giving effective formative feedback.
• Making the most of ‘teachable moments.’
• Time management.
• Asking for direction and guidance from associate.
• Literacy – yet to teach any English classes.

I know that making the most of teachable moments is impacted on with time management. During my last Teaching Experience the thought zooming through my brain was ‘ZOMG how am I going to keep the students interested and engaged all day’ rather than realizing that actually time zips by and there’ s a risk that while watching the clock you miss out on those moments when they occur.

English worries me as I haven’t yet  put theory into practice. I think I will have a steep learning curve when I go back into the classroom in this area. However the flip side of not teaching any English classes is that I’ve had 3 weeks of teaching almost exclusively teaching maths so that would probably be another area of strength.

I suppose it is a good sign that I take on feedback so if I ask for it a bit more often then I should be well on track for having a great  Teaching Experience.

My goals for Teaching Experience 2 are:

• Being proactive with my associate by making sure that I regularly check in to seek specific feedback.
• Check in halfway through my teaching experience on the relationship with associate so that I can make the most of my learning opportunities
• Getting associate’s help with putting literacy theory into practice
• Sit down and get feedback from associate about learning intentions and get feedback afterwards on lesson