What can you add to your knowledge of you and of your knowledge of teaching in your content area?

After teaching my first class, and taking this class, I have learned how important differentiated instruction is. With teaching math, some students understand a concept of teaching it one way, but by showing them how to solve the problem another way, some students understand it better. The school I teach at is also full inclusion, so differentiated instruction is so important to fit the needs of every student. By incorporating technology into the instruction gets students more focused and involved in wanting to learn. I have noticed that incorporating videos get students engaged, and if they are songs with formulas, it helps students remember the information.

Based off of the personality test, there are several things that I have noticed about my personality that match. One being how much I care about my students and wanting them to succeed. Although is a great trait as a teacher, it can also be exhausting when you put so much effort in, and some of the students do not try. Although this is not all students, I am learning that there will always be students like this, and I will just have to keep trying.

With having full inclusion, I have a mixed set of students where some are really emotional. As I am sensitive to student’s feelings I have realized this more than ever when working with so many different types of students. Some of my special needs students have bad days, where they have break downs. As I have yet to experience this in my class, I hear about how it happens in other classes. I feel like part of this is because I am sensitive to student’s feelings, and I make sure that students are in a peaceful environment where they feel safe.

From this class, and from teaching I have learned some valuable things just within a month that I will continue to implement into my classroom. One thing that I have learned, is there will be a lot of trial and error, and with some students, one thing will work, and with others it will not. I will just need to keep working to find what works for the students that I have at the time.