Over these past few weeks I've been able to teach many lessons and I've been able to see many lessons taught by various teachers. I often wonder how do the teachers who have taught for many years continue to come up with engaging lessons from year to year. With each student being different and each class having it's own identity, teachers have to be sure to cater to the needs of their current classes and students. However, some things can be recycled and reused if the lesson is successful. That is one of the benefits of spending year after year in the classroom.
Being able to see many different teachers has given me a wide variety of skills and points of emphasis to use during the lesson. I've also realized that the lessons don't always go as we plan them. We have to be prepared for the students who will finish their work early and we also have to be prepared for the student who may struggle with the lesson.
All of this can be fixed and controlled if the teacher is a facilitator and not a dictator. The teacher has to be open to change in their classroom. This also means being open to changes in each individual lesson as different situations arise. We must be sure that the students are constantly learning something valuable to them. To accomplish this task for our classrooms and students we have to realize that when it comes to lesson plans, sometimes you have to tweak it!
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