We're getting it!

Wow! What an awesome week in EDUC 410. I always try and write my blogs at the beginning of the week after our Tuesday meeting, but something was telling me to wait until after our seminar on Thursday because I would have lots of good things to write about and that was very true! First off, I learned how the seminars would work in an education class. I had participated before in English seminars, but I was anxious to see how this one would take place. I also feel that I learned so much about our education program as a whole. After hearing everyone speak about the importance of standards to them, it really gave me a hope in the future of education. I feel that we’re all on the same page and have the same goal in mind: to teach and care for our students.

            For my outside research this week, I simply googled the question, “Why are standards in education important?” I wanted to see what others felt the importance was. Just as I had suspected, this article talked about most of the same things we mentioned. That’s how I know we are starting to get it y’all! When we as educators are on the same page and realize that standards are important in teaching our students and that the well-being of our students come before anything else then we are getting it! This article talks about standards being used to keep us on the right track. That’s exactly what they were created for.

https://k12teacherstaffdevelopment.com/tlb/importance-of-a-standards-based-instruction/

            The relation to the NCTCS is simple this week because we were talking specifically about our standards, not only our teaching standards, but also what is required of us to become a teacher. Someone made a great point in our discussion that the NCTCS are just as important and should be carried on throughout our entire career in the classroom. I feel like that is why those are the first standards we are made to learn and follow. If we know those and get used to following those, then we will carry those standards throughout our career.

            Like I said before, one of the biggest connections I made was realizing that many of us in the education program at Gardner-Webb are on the same page. We all want the best for our students and we will strive to do whatever is necessary for the well-being of them.

            I had felt good about the standards before this seminar, but I feel that I learned that it is possible to teach all the standards that are required of us. When I was first introduced to them, I thought it would be impossible. But, I learned that it is possible to teach everything that they need to be taught. I can integrate so many standards together and there are many that are very important and some that aren’t as important. It made it all feel possible.

            In my future classroom, I will integrate as many standards and content areas that I can. I will also not stress when my students don’t understand everything that they should have that day. The standards were made to keep me on track with what I’m supposed to be teaching so it’s okay if I need to spend a few extra days on something. It’s all about the well-being of our students.