Blog Assignment #9

In Mr. McClung's "What I've learned this year" post, he offered a variety of suggestions of how to improve one's teaching experience. His suggestions are a collaborative response to what he learned from his experience as a first year educator. He listed the following as lessons learned: how to read a crowd, be flexible, communicate, be reasonable, don'e be afraid of technology, listen to your students, and never stop learning. He went on to further explain each of the lesson as far as how they can be difficult to remember at times and how each can improve the teaching experience. I personally think that he has handed a great opportunity to future educators. Instead of taking the "I went through it, so should they" attitude, Mr. McClung has given vital tools for easing future educators into the their career field. Some of the lessons will benefit not only the educator but also the students. Many educators have a difficulty finding their grove when beginning their teaching career. This time is difficult on the students as well. If the educator is incapable of communicating with the students for example, the students education will suffer due the educators inexperience. I know that I will learn from his experiences and keep his lessons/ suggestions in mind when I am an educator. I know that I will benefit from some of these lessons more that others due to the particulars of the educational field that I aim to enter into. Not only am I going to be facing the difficulties of teaching Mathematics that most other teachers in the field face everyday but also I am going to have to deal with the difficulties dealt every educator who must teach around cultural differences, such as gender roles and language barriers. The beauty of these lessons is that they can be taken differently by every future educator and moderated for the teaching field and educational surroundings he or she will be setting out to teach in.