Tomorrow I will be video taped and observed during my nuclear disarmament lesson with my mock UN class of sophomores. I know that in order for me to be a better more efficient teacher I need to be evaluated and open my door to observers, but why is it so scary? I haven't been video-taped teaching since my FIRST lesson in undergrad. It was horrible, I spent the whole time touching my hand to my stomach and repeating the words "Um, okay" and "Um, good."
I accept that I'm not a great teacher by any means. Somedays I do really impressive things in my room and somedays I fail completely. Most of the time I feel like I'm barely treading water, especially after my son was born and I found my energy level zapped in half. But I want to be better and I know I can be better so this scary step of having others critique me is important. It will guarantee improvement. Anyway, after I have it done I will post that video on my blog for you to observe as well. One of my favorite mottos is OWN IT good, bad, and ugly so I might as well start living by it.
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