Do you ever wonder if your efforts on behalf of students get noticed?\u00a0 I asked several students to respond to the prompt, \u201cWhen you stop to notice, what do you appreciate about your teachers?\u201d\u00a0 Here\u2019s what they said:<\/p>\n
\u201cTeachers work really hard to plan lessons and grade papers, and they do it all without complaining.\u00a0 Some of my teachers are also working on another degree.\u00a0 They are really busy and they don\u2019t complain.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI notice that my teachers are flexible and adapt to their students.\u00a0 They seem to be able to handle unexpected situations and problem-solve on their feet.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI notice that my teachers have been patient with me when I am learning something new that seems really obvious to them.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n “My teachers work really hard. They make their job look easy, and when I\u2019ve had to be in charge or give a presentation, I realize how much planning goes into each little detail.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n \u201cI notice that my teachers choose their words carefully.\u00a0 It\u2019s like they know just the right thing to say to each student so they\u2019ll do their best or understand the material.\u201d<\/em><\/p>\n It might be a little scary to think our students are watching us this closely, but I like to think of it as encouraging.\u00a0 Our students are not only learning the content, they\u2019re learning about what kind of person they are and want to be.<\/p>\n Our manner, words, tone, and character are the embedded curriculum in our classrooms.\u00a0 We should wield it intentionally because our students see what we do.\u00a0 They are paying attention.<\/p>\n Winnie currently teaches in the education department. \u00a0Her\u00a0interests include creativity, innovation, curiosity, and imagination- 21st century education. \u00a0She is also a closet science fiction fan.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Do you ever wonder if your efforts on behalf of students get noticed?\u00a0 I asked several students to respond to the prompt, […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":15,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[110],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1922","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-teaching-tips"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p5DI6r-v0","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/15"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1922"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1928,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1922\/revisions\/1928"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1922"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1922"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/teaching-excellence\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1922"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}