11/3/2017 0 Comments Initiative1. What does initiative mean to you? In your own words please!
To me, initiative means to take charge of the thing you are doing and choose to take lead and get it done. 2. Make a list of at least 10 ways you can show initiative as an EAT intern in your field site classroom. (whether you have actually done them or not) 1. Plan and teach a lesson 2. Lead a small reading group 3. Make a station for the kids to interact at 4. Make a handout to give to your teacher for her to use in her lesson 5. Make a bulletin board outside your classroom for your class 6. Read to the children 7. Play a game with the kids about the lesson 8. Share with the kids about you to help them get to know you 9. Make a professional relationship with your kids 10. Introduce yourself to the parents in order for them to get to know you 3. Find at least five words that are synonymous with initiative. List them. 1. Self-motivation 2. Resourcefulness 3. Imagination 4. Creativity 5. Ambition 4. Write a paragraph that indicates some actual things you did during the week to show initiative in your classroom. How did this impact your mentor teacher or students? During the last 2 weeks I helped in my classroom a lot and took initiative into my own hands. I began by getting to lead small reading groups where I helped students sound out words, understand what a cover, title page, and author are and where we can find them in a book. I also got to lead station groups and help students find where they need to be. In the past I created lesson plans and taught students different ways to remember certain aspects of my lesson. I have a professional relationship with my students but i have also taught them that they can come to me or anything. Now that I am in my 2nd year of Ready, Set, Teach I feel that I have A LOT more initiative and opportunity in the classroom because I have a stronger trust with my mentor teacher to be able to have more freedom in teaching. 5. Why is initiative such an important characteristic for a teacher to possess? Initiative is such an important characteristic of a teacher because being a teacher you need to take leadership and have creativity and imagination in your lessons to keep the students wanting to learn and become more involved. Most of what teachers do is they use initiative in their lives to help inspire and teach their students.
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