In our latest seminar, we discussed the characteristics of the novice teacher and discussed ways to apply them in our time at our PDS's, as well as what kind of artifacts we could use for our portfolio later on. Two characteristics that stuck out to me were numbers 5 and 6.
Number Five requires that teachers have an in-depth knowledge of pedagogy. Of course this is important for a teacher because this is essentially the ground work for our entire future careers. I believe that a good artifact for this characteristic would be my Language Teaching Methods Unit Plan. For this class, we each had to make a 5-day long unit and incorporate all of the different teaching methods that we used, such as immersion, TPR, teaching to different learning styles, etc.
Number Six states that the novice teacher should also have an in-depth knowledge of content. I believe some good artifacts for this characteristic could be examples of essays and critiques that I have written about in my Spanish classes. I will also be participating in a study-abroad to Spain this summer where I will be attending a university for four weeks. I am sure that there will also be some nice artifacts that I will create over there that I may use later in my portfolios.
Hey Molly,
ReplyDeleteI totally agree--knowledge of your content area and pedagogy are crucial to being a good teacher. I feel that it is very important to know where you stand, so that you know what and how you want to base your lessons and approach your students and colleagues. I also thought of using lessons from the portfolio from our Language Teaching Methods class last semester. I feel we did a lot of meaningful things in that, too.
I know you'll do well, though, because every idea I've ever heard from your teaching experiences and future plans has sounded like a lot of fun. You seem to be an enthusiastic and engaging teacher and I (and I am sure that your students) really appreciate you for that! You are definitely someone to look up to, as a peer and, I'm sure, your student. Good luck with your focuses this semester! You'll have to let me know how things work out for you. :)
~Claire