I do like the idea of posting goals so that all the students
can see what and where they are. First, is this something that each student
would have on his or her desk, or this could be on the wall so that each
student could interact with it. The process of having students involved in
their own learning development. Would I sit down with the class on the first
day and have the students be part of the lesson preparation? Would they help with the rubric? What
strategies would we keep or what new strategies would we add?
With all of these thoughts about engaging students, I think
that each of my students wants their own learning process. Adding the managing
response rates to what I already use and like, I think these stages would help
me in my own learning process. We can always have help in forming new ways to
successfully address the performances in the classroom and that each student
will not fail.
I see using managing response as a way to find avenues to
help change behaviors within the classroom. I love the thumbs up and thumb down
signals to indicate if they understood what was going on in the classroom. The
chaining response reminds me of using VTS, as away to take out what is
happening in the lesson. Third, using how do you know that to be true is a
great way to have the students find evidence within their own means. I know
that as a teacher, we need to find ways to examine our own errors that happen
inside the classroom and find ways for our own growth processes to occur and
then growth within myself. My goals
this year, that I want to establish for my self this year, are to find ways to
help students become engaged, if they are not already engaged with the class.
The way we teach, if we start teaching the foundations, so
that our students can learn for long term and not just for the test (tough to
know). The conventional education is not always the way to teach. We need to see beyond what is on the surface.
We need to dig down into the minds of our students and how they learn. I can
tell you when a student has a passion to learn anything. Teachers must be able to build up the
confidence of their students and not put any limits on any student’s abilities.
I can tell you this from firsthand
experience. My daughter was told that she would not go to college and that graduating
from high school would be the pinnacle of her lifetime education. She did not
come from a family with money and influence. She took this person words and
showed them that they were wrong. Today she has her Masters degree in Educational
Leadership and is a middle school teacher. This shows us that we need to watch
what we, as teachers, tell our students.
We, as teachers, need to create a community that encourages
student growth and extending out to reach the highest goals that are within
their capabilities. If we just
helped each of our students to their fullest ability, then we are guiding them
on the path so they can find their place in the world. By doing this, we can
find a place that can create an inner peace within our own teaching. By giving
back to our students, we are giving ourselves the power to release their minds. We need to teach from a place inside of
each of us, you can call it love or even passion.
