Chapter 13: Improving Teachers and Schools, and School Reform

            After reading this chapter, there are a few things that I would like to add to my resume to make it stronger. Before I graduate, I would like to attend a teacher-training workshop or volunteer in a classroom to learn more about effective methods of managing and organizing a classroom. I would want to do this before I graduated so that I could apply the learned and observed methods during my student teaching to learn what methods worked for me, and I believe it would look good on my resume, as I would have hands on experience. I would also like to attend a seminar or workshop based upon integrating technology into the classroom, to show that I am capable of intertwining different methods and styles of teaching to address all of my students’ needs.

            Following graduation, I would want to take advantage of professional development opportunities, to give me other perspectives and ideas about teaching, while keeping me learning at all times. I would also like to pursue a National Board Certification, as it would push me to continue to become a better teacher, even after I got a job and as doing well. Lastly, I would like to encourage and perhaps attempt to integrate a site-based decision making process into the school I work at, as it brings decisions and actions closer to the students and away from government officials.