What do you do if your teaching skills and techniques need a boost?

A reflexão contínua sobre as práticas pedagógicas é essencial para avaliar a adequação das estratégias ao contexto e ao público-alvo. Frequentemente, a complexidade do processo de aprendizagem desafia nossa capacidade de interpretação. Diante da diversidade presente em cada turma, torna-se crucial valorizar o feedback dos alunos como um recurso para o aperfeiçoamento do ensino. É importante acolher as dúvidas como oportunidades de aprendizado, pois elas podem nos conduzir aos caminhos mais eficazes para o desenvolvimento dos estudantes.

If my teaching skills and techniques require enhancement, I'd embark on a journey of self-improvement and professional development. Start by seeking feedback from peers, mentors, and students to identify areas for growth. Engage in ongoing learning through workshops, courses, and conferences focused on effective teaching strategies. Experiment with innovative approaches, incorporating technology and varied instructional methods. Reflect regularly on my practice, adjusting strategies based on feedback and outcomes to continuously refine my teaching skills and enhance student learning experiences.

In order to polish your teaching skills reflect on which areas of teaching are your strengths and where you feel lies an area of improvement. Seek out podcasts such as "10 minute Teacher Podcast by Vicky Davis" and educator empowerment workshops which are online or near you

In 24 years of experience in the early childhood education field, I have learned that being a lifelong learner is what it takes to truly grow yourself as a professional. Reflection is a key tool in being aware of where your skills currently lie, reminding yourself of how far you’ve come in your personal growth, and also embracing areas of present challenges that you can further grow through. Bringing others in, wether it be coworkers, colleagues, and/or mentors, helps in the collaboration that guides us all to bringing the best of ourselves to the important work we do with children. Reflect often to grow consistently!

Ask peers to come in and observe and provide constructive feedback. Doing this with a peer instead of an administrator or instructional coach can provide a teacher a more relaxed, realistic environment for feedback to occur. Students can also offer suggestions at end of units or even after large projects in order for teachers to adjust moving forward. Students will also appreciate the opportunity to have their voice heard, which can go a long way when building classroom culture and relationships.

Cuando se lleva mucho tiempo trabajando en la docencia, a veces no hay visión de futuro y hay que echar la vista atrás para acordarse de las inquietudes que estaban en el origen de nuestro deseo de enseñanza. Parece que se sabe casi todo lo que se debe saber. Por ello me parece bueno reciclarse en aspectos de los inicios de la propia enseñanza: opiniones primeras, filosofía inicial, deseo de cambios, volver a la inquietud del neófito o revivir la ilusión inicial. Volver a vivir la naturalidad que tanta tecnología nos ha robado.

Being committed to best practices in the field of education means being committed to improving your professional skills as often as is possible. I personally look to any and all opportunities to engage with others in knowledge attainment. Send me to a workshop, a course, or a topic guided discussion, and I’m all in! Pieces of what you learn may not stay with you immediately, but the continuous exposure to this practice will absorb these skills to one day use as needed. Do the work and enjoy the outcomes of continuing to learn and grow!

Being committed to best practices in the field of education means being committed to improving your professional skills as often as is possible. I personally look to any and all opportunities to engage with others in knowledge attainment. Send me to a workshop, a course, or a topic guided discussion, and I’m all in! Pieces of what you learn may not stay with you immediately, but the continuous exposure to this practice will absorb these skills to one day use as needed. Do the work and enjoy the outcomes of continuing to learn and grow!

Being committed to best practices in the field of education means being committed to improving your professional skills as often as is possible. I personally look to any and all opportunities to engage with others in knowledge attainment. Send me to a workshop, a course, or a topic guided discussion, and I’m all in! Pieces of what you learn may not stay with you immediately, but the continuous exposure to this practice will absorb these skills to one day use as needed. Do the work and enjoy the outcomes of continuing to learn and grow!

Being committed to best practices in the field of education means being committed to improving your professional skills as often as is possible. I personally look to any and all opportunities to engage with others in knowledge attainment. Send me to a workshop, a course, or a topic guided discussion, and I’m all in! Pieces of what you learn may not stay with you immediately, but the continuous exposure to this practice will absorb these skills to one day use as needed. Do the work and enjoy the outcomes of continuing to learn and grow!

Join a focus group and set clear goals for learning and implementing new strategies in your classroom, such as visible thinking routines. Meet every 6 weeks to share and hear how your peers are implementing the same strategy. You will gain insights and fresh ideas from each other.

One of the best ways I am able to refresh my teaching is to ask a peer to collaborate. Professional learning communities are an easy way to learn with and from other teachers in the building. If you school does not have them already in place, you’d be surprised how many people would be willing to join one if given the opportunity.