When considering which Characteristics of a Novice Teacher I wanted to blog about I thought I should choose the most difficult ones for me. These Characteristics to me seem to be the hardest to identify with and fine artifacts. The two Characterisitics that I choose were one and seven.
CHARACTERISTIC 1: WE BELIEVE THAT THE NOVICE TEACHER SHOULD HAVE A COMMITMENT TO AND SKILLS FOR LIFE-LONG LEARNING.
This Characteristic means that you as a teacher should always be learning. Just because you are a teacher does not mean that you are no longer a learner. You should be constantly updating yourself with new and relevant learning. As a teacher you need to learn to pass this new knowledge onto others. An artifact that I thought of for this Characteristic is going to workshops. This semester I was lucky enough to attend a free few week training with my host teacher at my school. We met one night a week for a few hours to learn about reading instruction. As a student I did not realize how beneficial this was in my own learning. Going to workshops provides a great resource to keep you updated with life long learning.
CHARACTERISTIC 7: WE BELIEVE THAT THE NOVICE TEACHER SHOULD EFFECTIVELY INTEGRATE CONTENT AND PEDAGOGY.
This Characteristic means that you integrate what you have learned as a teacher along with the content that you are teaching. Novice teachers should use the art of teaching to provide the students with the content expected to teach. One of the artifacts that you can provide for this Characteristic is a video of you teaching. I think that this is the best way to show how you integrate the content into your teaching style. The video could relate to this Characteristic by showing how you teach the content.
