Week 14 Prompt
Question 1: What strengths, skills, and characteristics do you have that make you a good secondary mathematics teacher?
Question 2: What aspects of teaching mathematics to secondary students still pose a challenge to you?
1. I believe I have several skills that make me a good secondary mathematics teacher. I believe every effective secondary mathematics teacher needs to have a strong base of content knowledge, but also be able to effectively communicate this knowledge. I think I possess this skill because of the feedback I have received from students, teachers, and colleagues. Without the ability to communicate the strong content knowledge, students would not be able to benefit from your content knowledge.
Another skill I believe I possess which makes me an effective secondary mathematics teacher is the ability to keep students engaged throughout the lesson. I am able to use my creativeness and content knowledge to create learning activities and opportunities for my students. These opportunities keep students actively engaged in the new material. These lessons help student build an interest in the concepts being taught.
2. A challenge I possess while teaching students in a secondary classroom setting is pacing. I find it difficult to find the correct pacing to move through the material. Some students require a fast pace through new material and others in the same classroom require you to move through material at a much slower pace. The difficult task is to find a pace that will accommodate both types of students. I feel with more experience teaching this process will come a lot easier to me, but right now I continue to have to make changes to my pacing to help students.
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