Evaluating MY GAME Plan Progress:

Overall, I am feeling inspired to set more goals for myself in relation to my teaching career. I feel silly for putting some of my ideas and desires on the back burner because I felt like my goals were not as important as the other responsibilities I am juggling right now. I have experienced the complete opposite over the course of the past couple of weeks—I feel more accomplished than ever before, and I am more excited to try even more new “adventures” as a result. My positive experiences have also crossed over into my instructional practices—mostly because my students are directly benefiting from the accomplishment my goals (the goals are student related). Since one of my goals was to take more of a leadership role on my team, I have also affected the teaching practices and student experiences of within my colleagues classes.

I have decided to adjust my plan and add to my goals as I am accomplishing my others. I want to further my technological skills—especially in the area of Smart technology, so I am attending a course offered at my school this Thursday (during an in-service). I am excited to see what else I can offer my students—our school recently acquired a classroom response system (clickers) that I would love to incorporate into my classroom practices. I am learning though to balance my goals with my other responsibilities. How many is too many goals? Is there a limit? I do not want to reach a point of frustration, but I want to continue setting and achieving my goals.