Mrs. R's Challenging Perspective

We've been learning about different types of teaching strategies, assessments, and products in the EDU592 class that I'm taking right now. This has really gotten me thinking...here are some of my random trains of thought. Bare with me, my train likes to jump from track to track, lol. Unfortunately in the district that I teach in, some of our assessments (tests) are created at a district level and we are required to use them. However, we don't neccessarily have to put them all in the gradebook. While I see the importance of seeing where each student is in their mastering of concepts, this can really inhibit teachers creativity in create authentic types of assessment. I have begun to think on my own teaching and what that will look like next year, as I venture back into the classroom fulltime. I think I am going focus on my personal teaching strategies this coming year, while I get my footing in the 1st grade standards and such, before building in different types of asses...

Well, I have some exciting news to share!...I've accepted a 1st grade teaching position at Bethel Elementary School! I am so incredibly excited to be going back into my OWN classroom, full-time! It's been a while. With that being said, I'm now faced with a new delema in my current EDU592 class: do I look at things from the IMA class that I am currently working in or do I look at things from my future 1st grade class? hmmm. Well, one thing I do know for sure is that my previous EDU 591 course and this current course have definitely given me a lot to think about, in terms of how I want to structure my classroom next year. I think that I actually have it easier than some of my current classmates. I haven't taught 1st grade before, so I'm not have to "do things differently than I have before," in that regard. I can really use my gifted and talented lense to look through as I begin to make my future 1st grade plans! I think I took these classes at the exact per...