I believe that this course has shown me that many of my practices in my classrom are headed in the right direction. I see areas that need improvement and a course like this open the thought process to push myself towards that improvement. Each cohort of students brings new challenges and with a recent and sudden change to the online envorioment, the hurdles have increased drastically. I beleive I have adjusted well to this point but within any skill, there is always room for improvement.
This course has confirmed some of the practices that I've been implementing with teachers. I learned more about areas that I need to improve upon. The four Rs of andragogy (relationships, responsive facilitation, reality-based learning and reflective practices) are each evident in my work with teachers, however I can grow in the area of reflective practices. I want to implement more dialogue between participants next year and really enable them to "think about what they think" more often during our PLC time.
I've learned that adult learners are more likely to learn when they have the freedom to pursue things that are relevant to them and their current situations. They tend to be completion oriented and in order to create a meaningful learning experience you need to create some sort of dialogue between them, their peers, and yourself.
