Reflection+Questions

It is here that I will post a few reflection questions on the readings that will assigned over the course of the next few months. You will be given a chance to post your thoughts on the readings and how they pertain to your classroom situation. Please be honest, in a professional manner.

1. The book discusses the importance of a solid curriculum, the OCE provides guidelines and a list of Priority topics for each of the content areas. Do you have these lists for your subject areas? Do you make these topics a priority in your instruction?

2. If you were being completely honest, could you say yes to the following statement: I work hard in my classroom to follow the priority topics given by the OCE and do not waste instructional time.

3. Do you give considerable thought to the academic goal that you set for yourself in September and then work at meeting it through achievable objectives that meet the needs of all students in your classroom?

4. Do you provide feedback to your students in a timely fashion? Test grades are only one of the ways we provide feedback to our students, do you take the time to do this for all of your students?

5. Have you ever taken a Learning Styles Inventory to see how you best learn? (which is usually the way we teach the majority of time) What about those other students who learn differently? If you Google Learning Styles, you might find one you could take to see where your strengths lie.