Questions for term summary:
- What worked for you this term in your teaching and organization?
- How did the amount of release time help you with organization and time management?
- What could you have done better?
- What were some positives and negatives for you this term school-wide, within our team, and within your classroom?
- Do you think we need to make any changes or improvements? How and why?
- Do you think there was enough support for you this term?
This term was challenging. What worked for me in terms of teaching and organization was planning. If anything, ensuring my plans were completed made my week go smoothly, and giving me time for prepping my tasks in the morning or on Friday afternoons definitely helped out. The release time was very helpful. I was able to fit in time for testing, create activities for my target students, and plan more. For improvements, I could do better with the execution of my lessons. I feel that sometimes my lessons are short on certain aspects like purpose/WALT. My class would know the purpose of lessons/overall big ideas but not completely understand them. I struggled with juggling different hats/responsibilities this term, all new to me so it was definitely different. In saying this I enjoyed teaching natural disasters and focussing our learning on natural phenomena. It was a fun topic to teach. I like leading the Samoan cultural group, and always having fun sharing my culture. I'm not 100% confident in the Diversity group rotations - I’m not the most knowledgeable person in the school regarding the Samoan culture so I'm still on edge about teaching it to all years 4-6. It was a successful term, thankful that I was well supported by my team, team leader, and close colleagues.
