Semester 4: Blog #5

Talk about your current strengths, weaknesses and hopes for the future.

I think that my biggest strength as a teacher is that I am good at connecting with my students and forming good relationships with them.  I think my students know I care about them and their education, and I think this is something many of them have not necessarily experienced before.  I think that I am also good at adapting my lessons based off of feedback I get from my students.  Sometimes I notice that all of my students are really confused so I take a step back and try to include some scaffolding.  I am pretty good at doing this on the spot when necessary.  I still need to work on my classroom management and staying consistent with my consequences and expectations.  This is especially true towards the end of the semester.  I notice that as the semester goes on I tend to get a little for lax with my consequences, and the students quickly take advantage of that.  I hope to continue growing as a teacher next year and hope to continue to enjoy it as much as I do now.