Mission 1.1

In this Mission I had to write about what I think the perfect teacher is! I colour coated my questions and answers to make it easier to read and understand! Have a great night!

Questions:

• What do you need from a teacher?

• What do you want from a teacher?
• Shauna has offered to be an ally, collaborative curator, lead learner and guide - are there other things you need her to be?
• What are things you have loved about past teachers?
• What are things you wish you could change about past teachers?
• What do you need a teacher to know about you and the way you learn?

Answers:

• I need a teacher who listens to me and my classmates;
• I need a teacher who helps their students in every way they know how;
• I need a teacher who gets to know their students so they can connect with them, teachers can do this by commenting on their journals, playing a ‘get to know you’ game, ‘get to know you’ projects and getting involved with clubs;
• I need a teacher who reaches out to all students;
• I want a teacher with different learning strategies (easy and fun tricks);
• I want a teacher who understand how students are feeling (they were students once too);
• I want a teacher who realizes that students all have different strengths and weaknesses;
• Someone who supports me by encouraging me to work on projects that have a personal interest;
• Someone who challenges me to step outside of my comfort zone;
• Someone who I'm comfortable communicating with;
• How they teach students subjects they normally don't learn about;
• How they incorporated more than one subject into a project, the project I'm doing like this is Transformations, we’re playing with shapes by rotating them into different and unique patterns, this is a mixture of math and art;
• How they change projects to make them more fun;
• How they skip a subject just because it isn't mandatory;
• How they call on the students who don't raise their hands even if the students don't know the answer or feel comfortable saying what they think, instead of calling on unsuspecting students why not have a talking circle to get feedback on a subject you're teaching or to resolve a problem;
• How they got mad at the students for not staying on track the entire time;
• How they blame the entire student body for something one or more students did;
• I learn better with visuals;
• I am a hands on learner;
• I need to ask questions, if we don't ask questions about something we are unsure of how will we learn and grow into the successful people of the future;