First Impressions - Professional Development and Classroom Setup blog #2

 I believe that my first impressions went very well in my first week of school I met with very different members of the community within our school all the way from the principal to the lunch ladies I think it was very important to meet these individuals because in a real school once I get a job I will want to know personnel and become family with Personnel because I believe that is the way that a functioning School works fantastically more along the lines of Pride and culture than a structured time settlement of learning. I believe that continuous professional growth is essential for creating an engaging and effective PE program. First impressions in the classroom setup also extend to how I greet and interact with students on the first day. I ensure that my introduction is warm and energetic, and I take the time to learn each student’s name quickly, making them feel valued from the start. I tried my absolute best to learn names but I could only learn so many. The first day of school I introduced myself through a PowerPoint and used pictorial and video examples to help engage the students.  For more classroom setup I have the gymnasium or PE room so I have a little bit more set up on the physical end of things such as making sure balls were pumped up and the floor was okay to be used and the equipment was just safe overall compared to the traditional teachers classroom.  but we were very proactive and my cooperating teacher and we pretty much finished all of our classroom setup in one day and from there we just focused on preparing for the school year and developing my skills and ideas to use later on in life.

Blog Topic: week 1 Inspirations (Nolan J)

  My inspirations for becoming a teacher is pretty straight forward but the importance it has or a lesson that can be learned is be that person. people say be someone's idle or try to give a helping hand well in school growing up it was hard for me to learn sometimes and there wasn't very many teachers that cared but, there was a select few when growing up that treated me above and beyond regardless of how well i was doing or if i didn't understand the assignment. those teachers taught me a lesson ill never forget and it was the power of helping other people even if its not 1000% right just to take the extra minute or step to help a child means the world and i know that from my own experiences. so to sum the story up do everything you can for kids because they will take it with them for the rest of there life yea its extra work and sometimes a hassle but you quite literally shape the future by these small gestures of kindness.

My legacy i hope to leave as an educator is definitely being that individual for some one i love kids that look up to teachers as remodels and i will strive to have an eye out for kids that just need that person in there life to help the succeed or even talk to.

I believe that as a teacher you will need to have an open mindset about the everchanging world as well as the children we teach but i believe its important to have a true character and philosophy about why we signed up to be teachers and find our own paths of teaching and mentoring style to best fit the kids we teach.