BIG IDEA

After reading and going through the standards in ISTE and NETS-T, I found many standards that I need to use to improve my skills as a teacher. However I will focus on two I feel I lack the most knowledge in. The first one that I decided to use applies both to PE and Health class. It is standard 4 sub-standard “b” (teachers allow and encourage students’ to take control of their own time management and skill development) and Standard 4 sub-standard “d” (collaboration with teachers and other classes around the state and country). Both of these standards will both benfit my students as well as myself and create a better learning environment.

Goals:
By looking at my first goal of having students take control of their own time management and skill development they will become more self-directed in their learning skills and take more responsibility for their own learning. I feel this goal is important so my students can develop and become more rounded learners. This will as help to relieve me of managing their time, because if they are responsible for their effort they will then understand the consequences of not working hard, or working hard for the grade they earn.

Secondly the goal I will focus on will help students understand what other students in the same city, state, and country are doing to advance their knowledge. I think the more students understand who is learning what they are learning, the more interested they will be in performing at a higher level. This will also help me understanding what other teachers in different places are teaching and what their students are expected to learn.

Action:
I will make sure the action that I take is done in steps. I want students to learn correctly how to help themselves and to be self-sufficient learners. When students can take responsibility for their actions they will be able to then engage more in learning and understanding. I will provide multiple opportunities during class that will help students understand how they need to take control of their learning and how to ask questions and participate in discussions. I would like to provide a blog site for my classes so that periodically in class they will be required to talk about a topic we are discussing in class. This will give the students more time in class learning and exploring and the discussions posts will be done to further their learning's.

The action step for collaborating with other teachers will help me to be more aware of what is going on around the community and the state. I try to stay up to date with what is changing so the students understand what is being learned and they can then understand the importance of their knowledge and how powerful their decision making and understanding of current events will be. I plan to converse more frequently with community teachers and also teachers in the state. I will do this through email and through conference meetings and workshops. I feel the more I know, them more my students will know.

Evaluate:
I will evaluate my students on how they begin at the start of the year and then how they move forward during the different units. I feel the way to see whether or not they are progressing and taking control of their management and skill development will be shown through projects they complete. I will also evaluate through assessment via a worksheet that will ask questions on whether or not they are understanding the information and how they are processing it. The blogging will also help determine whether or not they are taking more control of their learning and how they will advance. I will also ask students individually how they feel they are doing and what they would be further interested in learning and how they will try and advance.

I will evaluate the 2nd goal by reflecting on how often I meet and talk with other professionals in the community and around the state. I will look at my reflections and determine also when I get new information if I am using what I have learned. I will also have other teachers help me go over what they have taught and possibly watch me teach to see whether or not I am doing things correctly and the students are understanding what is taught.

I feel by assessing and setting these 2 goals for myself I will become a better teacher and educator for my students.