Lauren Eckard

Teachers make mistakes and mistakes are normal. Learning how to grow from your mistakes is what is important. Taking notes and reflecting on outcomes can provide you with a clear lens when making new lesson plans. 

The suggestion to take notes during a student conversation is one that I am going to try. I like that it diffuses the student but also think it will help diffuse me and not overthink what the student is saying. It will also help reference things later on when trying to come up with a solution.  

I plan to incorporate the "use it wisely" cards in my classroom. My class is usually made up of all girl students so they tend to fight for attention. This may be a good strategy to try. 

I plan to try the airplane icebreaker activity. Most of my icebreakers feel redundant and repetitive to their other classes. 

It is important to plan your lesson to accommodate all learning styles.

It is important from day one to have clear, outlined expectations for students and communicate them. It is also important to have some sort of activity to help ease students nervousness as well as the teachers.

I learned the ABCD model for writing goals. I plan to incorporate that into my success criteria.

In this module, I was reminded to model professionalism for the students. It lets them know what is expected of them and holds everyone accountable and to the same standards.

I learned that UDL assessments help remove barriers and provide various ways for students to show their learning. I have started offering students the opportunity to choice one of the "I CAN" statements from the day and answer it as an exit slip. This provides student autonomy and allows them to pick what they are comfortable in. 

I really like the weekly check in form that the CTE instructor uses both in person and remote. It may seem like it is redundant but it may just reach the right person at the right time.