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This post has been updated from a 2013 release
Good teaching is a major task.
There is no doubt that – teaching is never an easy task. But when we participated in 2014, as a career There are more and more characteristics of teachingaccountability and ongoing mutations. This makes the challenge to be done a challenge Excellent.
The response to these challenges is a mixture of architectural-level professional development, Self-guided teacher improvementand a lot of teachers burnout. So, how can you be smarter than simply working hard?
What are the “teaching secrets” that lead to growth?
7 Teaching Secrets for Long-Term Growth
1. Put the big stone
This is not simply “priority”, but a positive and strategic priority.
As a teacher, my main survival strategy is prioritization. These are the highest priority? A deep understanding of power standards. This makes sense to me given the academic expectations of the school and the reality of the students sitting in front of me. This may be different for you, which is good, but choose them carefully regardless of your priorities – something that will last, and something else can be leveraged to make possible. (More information about this in another post.)
It may not make sense to focus on certain things because it means you are ignoring others. To some extent, this is true. You can’t do everything, and if you can only do certain things, it’s better to start with the most important things.
My dad once told me that if you fill the jar with rocks, in order for everything to fit you, you need to place the big rock first.
2. Make the technology suitable for you
Using technology to automate learning is a bad rap, and there is good reason. This is a lazy, unimaginative and inefficient way. But if you have to do a multiple-choice test, why not do this Self-grading test Using Google Drive Sheets?
You are absolutely, actively unable to replace teachers with your iPad. Using Whiz-Bang technology to automate bad teaching is a terrible formula. But you able Use technology to automate those parts of the teaching process, thus harming your and your students’ important content.
Make the technology you. It’s not easy, it’s not always worth the effort, but it’s always worth a look.
3. Know yourself
Know yourself – the best place for you as a teacher, a moderator, colleague, and a teacher in charge. Understand your good side, weaknesses, and the needs of those around you.
To the best of its ability to support the busy machines of most public learning institutions. But be honest with yourself. Know that you do well when you are prone to average or worse. Know what you tend to forget, where the best sources of ideas are, and what can help you see the bigger picture when the day-to-day becomes blurred.
4. Teach now
Take the Zen method. Regardless of the previous class, the fact that the grades are deserved, or the irregular drills, missing the best part of the course and grabbing you only 90 seconds, you are not on fire with the wisdom of wisdom, and don’t regret or worry about the future in the present.
Don’t let a bunch of on-demand parts, or a 90-minute staff meeting after school, to kill the joy of interacting with the kids in front of you. It is easier said than done, but the most reliable first step is to stay at this moment. It’s right here, nothing is possible now. Most of the friction you encounter is fantasy in your own mind – past life, or trying to lean forward towards the future.
5. Advocate yourself
Especially in terms of time. Protecting your planning period by closing the door is not “teaching backward” but a survival strategy. Just because your doors are closed for 25 minutes doesn’t mean they are closed metaphorically. There is a difference.
Being asked to join too many committees or other projects that distract you from your priorities as an educator? This is tricky because there is a nuanced line between advocating and escaping one’s own moral and professional responsibilities to help run in school. First try to respect the rejection and provide other ways to help. Recommended time-saving alternatives. Or join the character to drop slightly, but rotate it to where it sounds like you all.
When asked to do something that looks substantial, or just show up at your best time at a bad moment, try to understand the big idea of the request, just like the details of the request itself. This way, you can support the school better without simply doing daily to-dos with dazzling tornados.
6. Find new measures to succeed
This is very simple. This is not your classroom. These are not your standards. These assessments are not suitable for you. Your name is not in school.
Their reading level rises or downs, or all the sports of advanced apprentices, proficiently or proficiently, even for students who are tearful and detailedly explained in detail, you are the Alpha and Omega of their educational experience, they can only go to school, not your class-not your failure or success.
If you want to work smarter than harder, as we move towards a classroom focusing on literacy, critical thinking, self-direction and innovation, we as teachers must find new internal measures and evidence to achieve our own success. This is not about deviating from accountability, but about restoring the logical and rational thinking of industries that seem to be inclined to create their own demise.
7. Open the classroom door
When things get tough, depending on your personality type, you might be tempted to do it More exist Here, let me do this. oneND is the trouble that this idea makes us educators. You need help. admit. call out. Standing on the roof of the school. This is not a sign of a weak teacher, but an honest and strong teacher.
Not only can you do better on testing, but you can ask questions, develop new thinking habits, grow into learners, and reflect on wisdom rather than whimsical.
Contact teachers inside and outside the building. If you don’t think you need help, you’ve already suffered some very important blind spots, which may be the product of a self-defense mechanism to keep you sane.
Try location-based education in real and local communities. Consider project-based learning that connects your students to caring peers and even the niche experts themselves. Those open classroom doors not only allow traffic — they should enable students to pursue a once-and-for-all mobile learning experience that stands out from your kind classroom walls.
