What Have I Learned?

  • Students appreciate authenticity
  • If you make a mistake, acknowledge it and move on
  • Always stay one step a head of your students
  • Partnerships with other teachers and students will help you develop new ideas and innovative projects
  • Short and clear instruction will eliminate any confusion that your students have regarding content or assignments.
  • Students appreciate when you tell them about yourself and your experience.
  • Your students like knowing things about you however, they don’t want to hear the same things over and over… and over.
  • High school are complicated creatures. There is a lot more than what meets the eye. Give your students the benefit of the doubt and always assume good intent.