I struggle with making the time to reinforce these necessary skills in my classrooms.  I get so focused on trying to cover the course content, that I do not make time to help the students to think critically about good problems.  Another struggle is being able to find those good problems that are at an appropriate level of difficulty that the students can achieve without getting frustrated, or that take so long that we spend the entire class period focusing on just the one problem.  There is no question that this is a crucial topic that needs to be addressed.

I am reminded of the importance of not applying a one size fits all approach to assessments.

VR IS A NEW CONCEPT READY TO BE USED ANYWHERE, ANYPLACE, ANYTIME TO BETTER HELP LEARNING.

Having a mentor really helps and has helped me succeed as a first time instructor with her guidance. 

I definitely have a better understanding of what CTE is about and I want to be able to have enough knowledge to be of assistance to my students. I appreciated learning about the history of CTE as I am a first-time instructor and did not know much.

Comment on Summer Henson's post:  All this is so new to me as I am a first time instructor but I appreciated the history behind CTE. The 12 elements really stuck out to me.

It is very important an an educator  that we provide the students with not only the environment that will allow the students to explore and develop their critical thinking skills but we initiate and provide the thought provoking ideas. This means that as the educator we need to utilize the language frequently so that the students can become a custom not only to the meaning of the words but it also triggers additional ways in which those terms can be used to provide thoughts. 

Productive talk could be beneficial in the learning process.

I think that understanding what the end looks like, it is easier to break it down into bite size chunks for students.  Just winging it will not get you to the end result with confidence.  It might, but it will more than likely to by accident.  

I think that learning about summative assessments and understanding industry needs will be key to ensuring that my CTE program teaches the students valuable skills needed to perform in their new chosen field.