Meghan's Goals

TE 401 is another step toward my future as a teacher. In this class I plan to put as much effort into my work as possible. This class is designed with the idea of making education majors more comfortable with the idea of stepping into the real world to teach and inspire students. I plan on working as hard as I can to gain as much knowledge from this class as possible. 

One of my most important goals to accomplish when I am done with this course is to become more comfortable and versatile in the classroom especially with large groups of students. I hope to come out of this class feeling confident about creating and teaching lesson plans and with a clear idea of what my strengths and weaknesses are in the classroom. I hope I am able to force myself out of my comfort zone by working with a variety of different students that can challenge and question me as much as possible. I hope to better understand who I am as a teacher and as a person through my classroom experiences. I hope to leave this course with important learning experiences from my field time whether they are positive or negative. I hope the students I work with learn just as much from me as i will from them. I hope to learn and grow from the feedback I receive from my peers, professors, and my CT. I hope I am able to critique myself and in the process learn more about who I am as a teacher and what works and does not work for my students and me. 

One of my goals for the actual class is to be prepared for each time we meet. I bought a calendar so I could keep up with my assignments for this course and not fall behind on readings, which can sometimes be one of my weaknesses. I hope to turn some of weaknesses into my strengths. I hope to take thorough notes on our readings and during class so I gain as much information as I can because my notes are something that I am not only going to use for this specific class but for my future TE classes and my future classroom. I hope to stay organized so I can keep track of all of my notes, papers, and readings in hopes that when i need to reference something I can easily find that specific piece. I hope to broaden my knowledge of literacy and math so I am comfortable with those subjects. I hope to learn new strategies to keep students interested and engaged while learning. I hope to leave this course with positive experiences that will shape who I am in the future.