Goals and Expectations

For my TE 402 experience in Language Arts this semester, my primary goal will be to take in everything I can and apply it to what I already know as well as to the experiences I will encounter this semester. Being a Special Education-Learning Disabilities major, focusing on Language Arts, I have had the opportunity to take classes where literacy is broken down into the basic building blocks in order to accommodate and assist students with learning disabilities. Although I am grateful to know how to apply this to students who may struggle in Language Arts, this also makes me worry how I am going to apply this knowledge to other students. 

I want to learn and understand how to teach Language Arts to an older age group and know how to teach it to them affectively. Literacy is extremely important to children of all ages and I want to be prepared to teach an array of students, no matter what level they are learning at. In order to accomplish this, a goal I have set for myself is to learn and use all resources that are provided to me in class because they may be the one source to provide me with valuable materials and information. Another personal goal is to learn multiple teaching strategies enabling me to present information to my students in a visual way. I too, believe learning material visually is highly beneficial to students, regardless of their age, gender, or learning preferences.

Perhaps most importantly,  my expectation for myself is to act in a professional manner which includes exhibiting respect, honesty, integrity, and cooperation with my professors and peers. The best way I can accomplish this is to be prepared for class (completing reads, writing blog posts, etc.) in an orderly fashion and demonstrating a positive attitude towards the learning process as a whole.