Most Important Skills For a Teacher at California's Highlands Charter School
Jamie believes that teaching requires a diverse set of skills, from "organization" and "time management" to "teaching, lesson planning, and administrative tasks," but also emphasizes the importance of "creativity" to keep students engaged, especially in a virtual environment. Furthermore, flexibility is crucial for adapting teaching methods to meet the needs of English language learners, often needing to "on a dime" devise alternative explanations for grammar concepts.
Teaching Strategies, Classroom Management, Curriculum Development, Adaptability, Time Management
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Jamie Carroll
Teacher
State of California and Highlands Community Charter School
UCR and CSUS
CSUS, MA: English TESOL
Spanish & Other Languages, Psychology
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Scholarship Recipient, Pell Grant Recipient, Took Out Loans, Worked 20+ Hours in School
Video Highlights
1. Organization and time management are crucial for handling teaching, lesson planning, and administrative tasks effectively.
2. Creativity is essential to keep students engaged, especially in a virtual learning environment, by developing innovative teaching methods.
3. Flexibility is key to adapting teaching approaches on the spot to ensure students, particularly English language learners, understand complex concepts.
Transcript
What skills are most important for a job like yours?
Organization is extremely important. Time management is also crucial because everything still has to get done. This includes teaching, lesson planning, and administrative tasks.
Creativity is vital; you don't want to teach the same lesson the same way twice. You want to come up with creative ways to teach so that students stay engaged. It's harder on Zoom, so creativity plays a big role.
Flexibility is also key, especially when teaching English learners at level one. They don't always understand the first explanation of a grammar concept. Sometimes, I have to come up with another way to explain the same thing on the fly so they are actually learning what I'm trying to teach.
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