Spring Semester- Professionalism Blog

On a day to day basis I am professional. Everyday I come to work dressed appropriately. I respond to emails from parents, teachers, and administrators quickly. I turn grades in on time and I grade my students' work within one week of them turning in an assignment or completing a test or quiz. My biggest strength is I am very good with deadlines (both in turning in paperwork/grades and in keeping the gradebook updated) and I think this is one way I set myself apart from my peers. I try to hold myself to a higher standard because that is part of my personality. I also think that being professional is one way I can help make-up for some of my inexperience. One thing I need to work on is my management of my students' professionalism. My students' get away with a lot of inappropriate uses of language in my class. I have not done a very good job this year setting expectations and rules for how students should talk to me or each other. This is one thing I hope to work on next year by implementing strict procedures and rules about this from day one.