My best advice is that you do not commit to this alone. Many teachers like to work autonomously and appear to have some success, however in order to best suit the diverse needs of all of your learners it is crucial that you work with colleagues and industry professionals to maintain currency in your practice. Your educational institution will undoubtedly have a formal validation process along a variety of assessment mapping templates. Please take full advantage of this process and work closely with your colleagues and learners to better develop your knowledge as an educator. Seek as much feedback as you can. Your students are keen to contribute to your continuous improvement as a teacher. Share your feedback results with colleagues. They are likely to be having similar experiences to you and will happily workshop issues arising from teaching and learning.
Review by reflection
- Was it the curriculum? e.g., I just didn't make it appealing
- Was it instruction? e.g., I had a wonderful lesson planned, but I did all the work; the students were not engaged enough
- Was it classroom management? e.g., I had a wonderful lesson, but it took 10 minutes to get everything organized,
- Was it a discipline problem? e.g., I prompted the students' curiosity, taught a good lesson with meaningful student activities, had everything organized, but Jason still interrupted the lesson.
Asking yourself these questions is a significant step toward increasing your effectiveness as a teacher.
Verbs for Learning Objectives