The Incredibles Reflective Prompt
Superpowers
I feel I have many talents and skills as a teacher that make my life easier. I've excellent at organization, I'm a quick learner who is flexible and willing to change directions and plans based on what's needed in my classroom. I also make lots of connections between my content and real life. I get complimented on many of the things I do as a teacher, which is sometimes a double-edged sword because while the compliments make me feel good, I worry that there's someone else who will just as quickly say the opposite thing. Also I know some people in my department feel like I'm showing off or gloating about my classroom and how I teach, but I'm not, I'm just sharing my day.
Secret Identity
I do sometimes hide my abilities. If I know an admin or another teacher is looking for help with a project I don't want to do, I try to hide from their radar so I don't get talked to about it. I'm a fixer and I love to look at a problem and figure out different solutions (hello Strategic Strength) but because I do that people come to me a lot with their problems. It's tiring. Also like I mentioned earlier I actually censored myself around a few coworkers because they were taking my successes as (somehow) their failures (if that makes sense). They compared themselves to me and got snippy when I was just trying to have a conversation and share something that made me happy about my job. Because of that, I stopped talking to this person as much as I used to, because if I couldn't be happy about my work and share it with them, then they don't need to be a part of my life. This tension has relaxed but it's still there.
Kryptonite
DISORGANIZATION. I can't stand it when my coworkers or bosses are disorganized, messy, flippant, or just not prepared. It happens a lot at my school and it's honestly one of my biggest frustrations with my job. It makes me extra upset when coworkers slack off because they think the students are just kids who won't notice/don't care. They do. They respect you when you've got your crap together and won't give you the time of day if you don't.
Perfect Classroom
In many ways I feel comfortable and confident in how I teach, but I still struggle with showing emotion and letting students know that I have a heart and that I care. I'll be seeking out ways to show my compassion and caring nature to my students to help further produce my perfect classroom. I remember growing up I received many compliments on how kind and caring I was, but I feel like caring is not a word that people use to describe me today. I'd like to change that.
I feel I have many talents and skills as a teacher that make my life easier. I've excellent at organization, I'm a quick learner who is flexible and willing to change directions and plans based on what's needed in my classroom. I also make lots of connections between my content and real life. I get complimented on many of the things I do as a teacher, which is sometimes a double-edged sword because while the compliments make me feel good, I worry that there's someone else who will just as quickly say the opposite thing. Also I know some people in my department feel like I'm showing off or gloating about my classroom and how I teach, but I'm not, I'm just sharing my day.
Secret Identity
I do sometimes hide my abilities. If I know an admin or another teacher is looking for help with a project I don't want to do, I try to hide from their radar so I don't get talked to about it. I'm a fixer and I love to look at a problem and figure out different solutions (hello Strategic Strength) but because I do that people come to me a lot with their problems. It's tiring. Also like I mentioned earlier I actually censored myself around a few coworkers because they were taking my successes as (somehow) their failures (if that makes sense). They compared themselves to me and got snippy when I was just trying to have a conversation and share something that made me happy about my job. Because of that, I stopped talking to this person as much as I used to, because if I couldn't be happy about my work and share it with them, then they don't need to be a part of my life. This tension has relaxed but it's still there.
Kryptonite
DISORGANIZATION. I can't stand it when my coworkers or bosses are disorganized, messy, flippant, or just not prepared. It happens a lot at my school and it's honestly one of my biggest frustrations with my job. It makes me extra upset when coworkers slack off because they think the students are just kids who won't notice/don't care. They do. They respect you when you've got your crap together and won't give you the time of day if you don't.
Perfect Classroom
In many ways I feel comfortable and confident in how I teach, but I still struggle with showing emotion and letting students know that I have a heart and that I care. I'll be seeking out ways to show my compassion and caring nature to my students to help further produce my perfect classroom. I remember growing up I received many compliments on how kind and caring I was, but I feel like caring is not a word that people use to describe me today. I'd like to change that.
I like everything that you said/usually say. I definitely agree with your last two on Kryptonite and Perfect Class. I think one of the things we still see a lot of is not being ready for your set up to present information; specifically with technology. We have 5 minutes in between classes that we are expected to use to greet and watch students in the hallway, but I think I usually use that time to just re-establish my technology set up because it feels like death when you have 35 eyes judging you for not being able to get your projector to work. How many meetings have you gone to in the last year where someone couldn't get the sound or presentation or "clicker device" to work. If you can't use technology it impacts your perfect classroom.
ReplyDeleteWhen you think people don't use the word "caring" to describe "Ferguson", what word do you think they use? Honestly a lot of us act a specific way with their peers (b/c I'd say you're caring) and then when you work with students you are more hard and tough because you have expectations.
I like your comment about disorganization being your kryptonite-- I can definitely see that. How do you try to stay away from that or keep your work as organized as possible even in the presence of other people?
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