As part of my professional development plan (PDP), at the end of each year of teaching, I need to reflect on my year and how I am doing on completing my PDP.
My second year of teaching was definitely a challenging one. While I learned a lot and grew from a lot of the experiences I had, there were many difficult situations. Some of those experiences included a difficult student that I worked with who was often agressive; some included a family that was a struggle to work with at times; some included a student that was frequently absent and no one was really able to help me in the right direction with her; and some included some professional things that were a struggle for me. While I don't really want to go into too much detail about these situations, I will say that they were all very stressful for me and I don't know what I would have done had they occurred in my first year of teaching.
On the other hand, some really great things happened: I finally got a space for sensory activities for one of my students; my aides and I made new connections with area businesses for work experience; I finally started feeling more organized and better prepared for what I was doing; and I got to see 4 students graduate from high school. These are all very positive things that occured in my 2nd year that I am grateful for and really trying to hold onto as I move onto my 3rd year.
I am very much looking forward to a fresh start with my 3rd year of teaching. I am looking forward to implementing ideas learned from my online class; I am looking forward to learning more about transition as I work on my PDP; I am excited to meet my new students coming up; and I am excited to just learn and improve from all the various things that happened last year. I am hoping year 3 will be the best year yet in terms of my teaching career :)
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