Submitted by Caycee H. (not verified) on March 24, 2008 - 15:15.
I am also a student going through Walden University. We have discussed what we think novice and expert teachers are as well as where we feel we are at on the spectrum. I believe that I am still a novice teacher and have many things left to learn. I can understand the writer of this blog and how it is not usually the children that you are teaching that can sometimes make you wonder if you have choosed the right profession. I love teaching children but sometimes I think that the school system and the state are not always wanting the "best" for the students. I feel that sometimes it only comes down to money. I want every student in my classroom to learn and understand what I am teaching. I know to run a school and a system, you have to have money but money is not everything. I wish that sometimes the focus really could be more on the students rather than on the amount of money they could bring in. As the author said, I wish that some of the good teachers that leave our profession could be caught from "falling through the cracks."
Novice to Expert Teachers
Submitted by Caycee H. (not verified) on March 24, 2008 - 15:15.
I am also a student going through Walden University. We have discussed what we think novice and expert teachers are as well as where we feel we are at on the spectrum. I believe that I am still a novice teacher and have many things left to learn. I can understand the writer of this blog and how it is not usually the children that you are teaching that can sometimes make you wonder if you have choosed the right profession. I love teaching children but sometimes I think that the school system and the state are not always wanting the "best" for the students. I feel that sometimes it only comes down to money. I want every student in my classroom to learn and understand what I am teaching. I know to run a school and a system, you have to have money but money is not everything. I wish that sometimes the focus really could be more on the students rather than on the amount of money they could bring in. As the author said, I wish that some of the good teachers that leave our profession could be caught from "falling through the cracks."