I Am As A Teacher

Select three leadership theories and explain how you will implement those theories in your leadership style. Be sure to include specific examples and articulate how the theory influences the outcome. Respond substantively to two other learners.

In part 2, I will provide a critical reflection on my own teaching practice during recent placement by making detailed connections to an appended lesson plan.

I have always known I love change, but from this class, I learned change is the hallmark of a leader. As John C. Maxwell says in The 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, “Growth = Change.”The leadership assessments allowed me to understand myself in a new way. Because I am a curious green thinker, I need explanations and answers to understand my world. I tend to see the big picture of a project and my mind motivates me toward something new or improved. I am curious about new opportunities because I easily become bored with routine. Learning I have these characteristics has increased my confidence to pursue future leadership roles in a small to a mid-sized position.

Throughout this entire course we have learned many concepts and strategies to synthesize and use leadership as a means of working in a group setting. These concepts allowed us to learn not only how to lead other

Because I was presented with a lesson plan (secondary literature lesson plan) that corresponds with my field of study (secondary English education), I was more enthusiastic to teach a lessons that held my interest. I also learned that I am more organized than I am prepared. Although I keep my documents and resources organized, it does not mean I am not completely prepared to teach the certain subjects. Additionally, I learn that I am (or will be) a professional. I should continuously strive to project that image at all times, even when I believe that no one is looking. Dressing for success maintain respect and establishes credibility and authority while looking comfortable and mature. Overall, I learned that I will be a teacher one

In a way, the syllabus acts as an education identity of who the instructor is. The author states that be the warmth of the language and the strictness of certain course policies, it conveys how approachable and flexible they want to appear to their students (Nilson, 2007). It also gives an indication of how well they plan ahead and, more generally, how much they like structure. She also states that the presence or absence of assignments and activities that hold students accountable of the readings sheds light on whether the instructor lectures the reading in class, or doesn’t focus on the readings, or is simply naïve to student’s study habits (Nilson, 2007). The author recommends that we use the words empowerment and learner centered than lecture, know, learn, and understand (Nilson, 2007).

My measurements of success are found in each and every student I teach. One of the most rewarding experiences I have had while student teaching, was watching a child’s face light up at the pivotal moment when they grasp a new concept or master a new skill. In fact, those “aha” moments are my motivators which feed my desire to look for better ways to ensure all students experience those same “aha” moments. As an effective teacher, I am determined and dedicatef to the continual process of researching, implementing, collecting and analyzing data to ensure I am improving upon the curriculum, instructional strategies, and assessment used in my classroom. Learning is a never-ending process. The better skilled I become as a teacher, the better the learning experience I can provide for my students. Therefore, the more I actively research, implement, and reflect, the greater the opportunity for giving my students the education they deserve and hopefully, the inspiration to pursue their own lifelong love of learning.

I believe that developing leadership skills is not a rapid process, but it is a daily process. The best place people learn how to lead is from their daily experiences. Therefore, my job experience helped me to be more familiar with this topic and I gained additional worthy information from the class materials and lessons. Writing a biography was an amazing experience that helped me to look back in my life, review it in details, know what I did in the past and discover myself better. I did many of the book’s assessments and exercises and I found them totally thought-provoking and useful materials. They assisted me to think more about my leadership potentials and skills. Doing the exercises made me more aware of my strengths and weaknesses in the area of leadership. I read in the book about 10 qualities that mark a leader and help influence the leadership process. Those qualities listed as: vision,

In summary, this course has really educated my view of being a teacher as well as being able to interact with today’s diverse and fluctuating educational setting. Therefore, the discussions were very good ways in understanding how

Before this class, I had a very primitive and vague definition of leadership. Not only did I define it as per my views and ideologies, but I also said that each individual has their own definition of leadership. My initial belief was that leadership does not have a clear cut definition, but there were well defined leadership traits which made an individual. I also initially believed that personal traits did not translate into leadership traits with no strong correlation. After going through the various modules this class offered, it is safe to say that I have significantly redefined leadership and underwent a strong personal assessment. This paper talks what I took back from each of the class activities, assignments and how my self-assessment compares to the perception of others.

It would appear that my original theory regarding the applicability and practicality of this capstone was accurate. This course has managed to successfully supplement the knowledge I had previously acquired in other courses. For example, I was familiar with and understood the basic principles of leadership. However, this course has taught me that the ability to lead is not an exact science, but an art and determining how to proceed when faced with uncertainty or a highly volatile situation is an exceptional challenge.

"Leadership is the art of getting someone else to do something you want done because he wants to do it." Dwight D. Eisenhower This quote from Eisenhower rings true on many levels. During my career in the military and the private sector, I have been subjected to many different styles of leadership, good or bad. In my leadership roles I have attained, I tried to model leadership abilities by taking bits and pieces of previous leader’s styles and forming them into my own model. This has proven to work well as dealing with people from all different walks of life there is no one size fits all approach. In writing this paper, I will detail my own leadership platform drawing from the course material and various other sources. The goal of this paper is to show a solid understanding of the course teachings and perhaps give the reader a new found perspective on leadership.

Presently I am a Special Education teacher working with children who have a wide range of disabilities. My class setting is integrated, which mean half of the class is general and the other half is special. My primary goal is to modify general education lesson plans to meet each student’s needs and abilities. These needs may include, but not limited to emotional, physical or cognitive disabilities, teaching basic literacy and life skills. I have an interest in this field because I feel with the proper help and assistant; students make positive changes in their academic and social life. Providing early intervention is essential when teaching kids with disabilities. One of the main reasons why I have made the decision to pursue a PhD in education, specialization in Special educator, is because I enjoy what I do and would like to make a difference. My ultimate goal is to keep making a difference by helping those that needed it and provide them with the proper resources to enhance their ability. I want to be an example to my children and have them see the end result of what happens when one desire to strive for the best and what they can accomplish. I want my children to see that with hard work, motivation, dedication, concentration, and having no limits that they will attain any goals they may set forth.

On my most recent placement I taught a series of lessons (artefact) for a year 8 Health and Physical Education class. I had full responsibility for planning and teaching the lessons. I planned multidimensional lessons which enriched my pedagogical approach and students learning outcomes. When teaching the lessons it was essential I implement strategies and practices that would enable me to

The Curriculum Project was an amazing experience to not only apply what I’ve learned in class about education to teacher, but to also reinforce my presumptive notions of my teaching abilities and help me work on the issues that I have with teaching as well. My overall goal of the class for the students was to teach them art lingo and simple ceramic techniques so they can gain a new skill and properly talk about it. My goal for myself was to practice teaching with how I explain things and give examples instead of directly showing without explaining. I did complete my goal for the most part, but this project is just part of a longer journey to perfect my teaching abilities, whether it be a classroom setting or another setting like parenting or the supervising in a workplace. I’ve analyzed several aspects of this project to enhance how I will conquer teaching in the future including the recommendations from a professional artist, my expectations for how the class would play out, how it actually played out, and the students’ assessment results.