Thursday, March 8, 2018

I am trying to decide if I like what the teaching personality test is telling me. Oh, ok, I don't have much choice right now. I can work on areas I would like to improve on myself. That seems like a worthy goal. That can be all of our goals, right?
On the positive side, I am a good model.It was my highest score.I do enjoy showing my students examples of what is correct. I believe I can show more than one way and allow choices that will be the best for them.  I have a tie for first as "export". Well, the meaning of the word that I know doesn't match what I believe. I still continue to learn so much in my field of teaching American Sign Language. Like other languages, ASL continues to change. Vocabulary/signs are being added and I am expected to know those changes. The only way I can even think of being accurate and staying up with the latest is to continue to socialize with the Deaf community.
But then, not too far away in the scoring, is that I don't let the students lead much. I am not a delegator, according to the test. I need to find ways of letting my students be responsible for specific achievements of goals. Sure I can lead them, but I need to let them fail and learn from it as well. That is the way I have learned.
We have different styles of teaching...and learning. As much as I need to look at my style, I need to understand how my style influences my students and adjust accordingly. 

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