Self Evaluation #2

Once I revisited the self-evaluation criteria, I believe I deserve a 95 out of 100 for the second half of this semester. In my last self-evaluation, I talked about how I was struggling with the questions to consider, and I decided then that I wanted to work on them. I have put in more effort in the second half of the class for the QTC’s, and I do not wait until the last minute to do them. As far as attendance goes, I have come early to every class, and I am not only physically there, but mentally as well. I have also tried to give more input into our discussions when you teach, as well as when my peers do GDFs and teaching projects. I believe I am becoming more comfortable with our class and our classroom environment. You do a very good job of making a safe classroom environment that is inviting for every one to give opinions and input. 

I also believe that my tickets out the door have been more thoughtful and really dig into what I am still questioning from that class, not just opinions that I have. I believe in the ticket out the door system, especially when I am given a prompt to write about. I like to have a prompt because if I do not have something specific to write about I feel like my mind just goes fifteen different places, and I have a hard time picking one thing.     

I feel like I am doing better on my questions to consider and that is why I gave myself two points more on this evaluation than the first one. I feel like mine and Holly's teaching projects and GDFs were really good and well received by our peers. I also give a lot of effort in coming to class prepared and having read for that day.  As I stated in my previous self-evaluation and  above, I think that class is going really well for me, and I am enjoying it tremendously. I am starting my CSEL and am very interested in how it will turn out for our first draft coming up soon!

Post #6 - Mandy Hyde

I think that some of the essential skills and/or learning outcomes I would like my students to know and be able to do are rehearsal, meaningful learning, organization, elaboration, and visual imagery. Learning about these theories in class today from Molly and Drew's teaching project will help me to give my students the ability to effectively know what helps them learn. Every student learns differently, and most of the time, they are unaware of this. It is important for them to know how they learn so that when they begin taking tests later on, they will know what helps them study and learn best. If a student knows they need rehearsal to effectively learn something, then they can study that way and so on with the other ways declarative knowledge is learned. I think it is also important that teachers know that there are different kinds of knowledge. I know there are long term and short term memories, but i did not know that there are declarative and procedural knowledge, which makes sense, and I am glad I now  know.