Self Evaluation #1

At this point in the semester, I believe I would give myself a 93 out of 100. I have arrived to all of our meetings early and prepared to engage and work. I have always been more of a listener than a talker, but I have tried to give more feedback in our class periods, especially lately. I believe that as the semester goes by I will become even more comfortable with giving my input, as I have in the last few meetings. Our tickets out the door are a great way to sum up what we have learned by the end of a lesson and I will say, I learn more than I think I do, and this system helps me to realize that. I definitely think that this system is one I could take into the classroom with me. The readings are also helpful to learn from as well as a to use as a reference. It is nice to be able to refer back to something I am unclear of, especially if I am still wondering about it after we meet.

I feel like the thing I would dock myself on would be the Questions To Consider. I am not sure why, but I feel like I answer the questions, but I do not ever have enough. I always feel incomplete when I do them, and I need to go back and add to the ones I have already done. Oh, and QTC #4...I really need to add on to you. The week that was due was the pit of my existence. I had so many things due that week that I did not know the CSEL guidelines and all the information was up already so in my mind I put that on the back burner. I am going to make a promise to myself that my QTCs will become much better. Not that I completely put no thought into them, because I do, but I feel like I can do better work.

As I stated above, I have never missed class or been late to any of our meetings, and more importantly I am mentally checked in at all of our classes. Speaking of check in's, I really like them. I like to hear about everyone's weekends and I believe it helps to lighten the mood and get everyone talking. I also enjoyed working on and presenting my teaching project with Holly. I think the class responded well to our teaching project and it offered something different for them. Overall, I believe that class is going really well for me, and I am excited about my next teaching project, coming up this week!