I believe my strength is "I am teachable and willing to learn." To develop any competency one must be these things.
Reviewing the listed competencies in chapter 27, I can see where it would benefit me and any organization that I work for to develop more fully all of the competencies listed. However, I chose the following three as the ones that need the most development or that I feel are the most important:
1. Conduct needs assessment. Technically, I have not done this to any extent and as a teacher will need to be able to do this for each class I teach to better reach every student.
2. Dicuss research and theory. Please!! This just about did me in during my undergraduate classes. This is extremely difficult for me and requires reviewing before each and every discussion.
3. Communicate effectively in visual, oral, and written forms. This is extemely important to any profession one is engaged in including education. I have to communicate with parents, students, co-workers, administration, volunteers, and the community.
Of course one competency they did not mention is organization. To do all of the others one would need to be organized. This is something I definitely need to develop in all areas of my life.
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First of all, I love how you started your reflection. I think that education would be so much better off if more teachers had that mindset.
Also, I think that many other educators need to give needs assessments right at the beginning of the year. It's so important to know the present level of the students to better meet their needs. Not only that but teacher need to continue to modify assignments as the year progresses because some students will change at different rates and we need to do our best to meet all of our students' needs, as difficult as that may be.
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I also like your introduction, "I am teachable and willing to learn." In the 6 years that I have been teaching I have met a lot of teachers who where teachable. When approached with new ideas they rejected them from the start. I sometimes wonder how can a teacher be a teacher and not be teachable. With the constant changes that we as educators face daily, one must be ready and willing to learn new things. As for organization, this is my weakness as well, each year I try to become more organized however, by the time I think I have it mastered then something else changes. Enjoyed your reading your reflection as always.
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