Final Reflections from Brad's Class

I found Classroom Instruction that Works to be a very beneficial tool and further my knowledge about how to help my studens succeed. I wish it would have been done in an earlier semester actually. A lot of the information was review, or something that I had at least heard of before. I do not learn the best by learning presentations so I would have liked to have some time to read the book in class or out of class so that I could dive more in depth into topics that interested me.

I think my favorite class was when we watched the 2 Million Minutes video. I loved watching the first movie last semester as well. I find them to be very motivating, especially the one this semester because it hit so close to home - Intel CEO, Basis Tucson founders, previous state superintendent. I was up late that night unable to fall asleep of how I could up the rigor in my class. The rest of the week I had a renewed spirit and vigor that I transferred to my students.

I also really appreciated the Emotional Intelligence examples. I think my kids are definitely deficient in this, as am I at times. I found the exercises for ourselves to be meaningful and helpful in my own life. Once AIMS is over and I can use my intervention class time a little bit differently I am going to use the EI sheets that you have in the folder with my homeroom (intervention) class.

While I do like discussions, I think a few of them revolving around reform and innovative ideas have been hit on repeatedly in prior class' and thus we could have spent less time on it in class.

Thanks for the great uplifting class Brad.