Curriculum Vitae & Experience & examples of written curriculum
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MY READINESS TO TEACH
It was funny looking back over my past four years worth of journals, I found it comforting to know that issues that I thought would never be resolved are now resolved and my concerns that I had about teaching are now no longer necessary. Over the past few months in particularly, my confidence has soared, I used to be so frightened of the classroom, so much so that I had thoughts about different careers but now I feel much more confident. I think over this year I have developed a motto by which I will go by, “teaching is all about the highs and lows”. It truly is a rollercoaster for me, and I’m all for it. Learning that teaching is about going into one class and teaching the class of your life and then going to the next and feeling that the students are disengaged, is the best lesson that Deakin University could ever have taught me. I am realistic about having amazing classes and having those that you wish you could erase from your memory and I think that makes me 100% ready to go out into the real world. I think that my wordle sums me up perfectly, I am prepared, flexible, hardworking and approachable. I am going to be a lifelong learner and I am going to be a student centered, organized and engaging teacher, I think that each and every one of these words can be seen in my reflection and my supervising teachers reports, which makes me confident in my ability to succeed as a teacher. I have also learnt that I have a long way to go, especially in behaviour management. There is no right or wrong answer; it is how you deal with every independent situation at that particular time, but I do know that I need to be stronger, especially from the start, in order to set the bar high. I know that I want to continue to learn; I want to attend every PD day I possibly can and learn from both my students and the staff around me. I want to be a sponge, ready to learn and gain as much information as possible, from my time at placement, I have come to know that the time I learn best is when I am doing or when I am there in the moment. This means that after a class, whether it went great or poorly, I need to take a moment to reflect how it went, take some notes on how I could do better and improve my class for next time, this will aid me in becoming the best teacher I possible can be. I think as teachers, we need to be constantly learning and updating our knowledge in order to give the students the education in which they deserve. I’ve never felt more prepared and able to do the job I love and I can’t wait to get out into the real world and inspire and engage students of all ages, just as I was at school. |