As a new teacher it's so hard for me to let go of my perfectionism. Especially this year it's been so hard to just accept that some lessons aren't going to be perfect.
The mistake I made as new teacher (though I'm still a new teacher hhhhh), was being slow in my teaching. Each lesson took me many hours to finish. I was stressed when I found out that I had to be quick and that I had limited time to finish the programme. I even avoided speaking to the headmaster. I was afraid he would ask me whether I'm making satisfactory progress in the programme. But when I thought carefully about how I was teaching, I found where the problem was. I added a lot of unnecessary information and activities. Then I eliminated all these and focused only on what was really important for my students to know. And if I wanted them to get additional information, I hand them handouts that contain everything. I also make myself free to change and adapt any activity in the textbook so that it doesn't take too much time (in a way that doesn't affect the students' understanding, of course). This worked and finishing the programme on time is no longer a problem.
One thing I'm learning about in my graduate program right now is Understanding by Design, or backward design, meaning to basically plan a unit by first thinking of the essential understandings students should have by the end of the unit and plan assessments and meaningful lessons from there. It keeps you from adding in activities just for the sake of doing activities, while also making sure the activities you do include generate understanding rather than simply fact memorization. So kind of like what you describe. I'm not a teacher yet, so I found this concept very helpful since I have student teaching coming up soon.
@@amandalynn2732 I am still learning backwards design myself and it still stumps me !!! I feel as I am still building my arsenal as a teacher or what I call my Batman belt 😂 I definitely am there with you as I’m trying to teach for understanding as opposed to memorization although culinary is a lot of memorization.
Omg this came just in time. My first year is kicking my butt, and everything you mentioned, especially the perfection part stresses me out constantly. I just want to have good lessons and be a great teacher and I always feel like I’m failing 😔 Thank you so much 😊
As someone who's high nerved and a perfectionist I really want to thank you for this! I'm a becoming teacher in a month or so, and I'm already beating myself up, so thank you Amanda ❤
It's so true. Trying to make the perfect material and planning made me so stressed 😥 I had to learn the hard way that everything is not going to be 100% perfect and that's ok, as long as my students learn that's enough ☺️
Amanda , I bet you're an amazing teacher 🤗 such a beautiful woman. Thank you for your channel. I'm a second year student in university,and so far so amazing
I’m going to be starting a MAT program soon, where I will get my masters and teaching certification together. This video gave me peace and calmed my nerves. Thank you!❤️❤️
Thank you for the advice. I actually got hired as a teacher and grades are due next week. I teach High School US History and teach ELD due to teacher shortage….I’ve been extremely stressed out. I’ll take into consideration to plan weekly moving forward, since I do plan daily. This advice has been very useful to me. Thank you.
Thank you Amanda!! This video has been very helpful! I am currently in a residency program, and I am 100% guilty of these new teacher mistakes. I hate feeling sick from stress....who the heck doesn't. I have planned lessons daily, and that really has taken a lot of my energy and time. Thank you again, and I have shared your video/channel with my cohort peeps in the program. Have a good day!
So helpful! I'm starting to teach English as a second language, and I'm so nervous bc English is not my first language!! But I've learned a lot from your videos 💕
Hi, Amanda! May I just say that your videos really helped me a lot as a new teacher. I've had a rough start since the beginning of this pandemic, and I felt like everything was chaotic and I cannot live up to the goals I've set for myself as a new teacher. I've learned a lot from your videos, especially this one. I felt like all those 4 mistakes are exactly what I'm experiencing and doing. Thanks for the advice. I'll strive more to be a better person for my students and myself :) Love from the Philippines~
Hi Erika! I am so glad you have found this video helpful! Teaching during the pandemic is so difficult and has been an adjustment for so many teachers! Hang in there!
Thank you so much for these tips, I'm currently a TA and I will start teaching in August as a licensed teacher. I will definitely be implementing these.
I am about to start my frist year of teaching! I am so nervous and excited. This video gave me some good ideas, especially with organizing my Google Drive--Yikes!
miss amanda thanks for sharing this information, im a new teacher so yeah its really tiring when i want the lesson to perfect but its no happen as i expected it. Also im not an organizer person and when you mention we have to manage our file in laptop it really make me relize how important it is. anyway thank you so much ❤️ sorry my english is bad 😂 still learning here
This was really great 👏🏼 I thought back to my first years of teaching and could relate to a lot of what you said. I think you really captured the experience well and gave solid advice! I used to organize by the day too but will definitely organize by the week from now on 😂 Thanks for sharing 👌🏼
Great tips Amanda! I love hearing your insight, it always makes me appreciate teachers more. Thank you for setting such a high bar for other teachers. You encourage ppl to be great and true as an educator. 👏🏻
HAHAHAHAH girl you gave me heart palpitations while you were talking about making daily ppt slides. On another note, you are now one of my fave teacher youtubers! :D I'm starting my first year in high school ELA and the secondary teacher community is pretty small on youtube. So thankful you're sharing your wisdom here
I am not a give you a credit teacher but because of lack of time to prepare I made a mistake in tutoring a student of mine 😢 and I still can correct it but I feel so incapable that I feel like I am not cut out for this job😢
Hi Amanda, can you make a video about teacher martyrs, exploitation, and burnout? How can teachers advocate for better pay and working conditions? Thanks.
Bom dia! Pra mim é uma honra viu prestigiar seu trabalho, vamos sempre juntos somar e fortalecer nossos objetivos, Conto com você, eu já estou por aqui..
