Monitoring My GAME Plan Progress

As I monitor my progress of my GAME plan, I can say that at this point I am unsatisfied with how things are going and I know that it is mainly due to the fact that I have not had any time to commit to actually make progress on my goals.

INFORMATION AND RESOURCES

I have done a little research into how to differentiate lessons for my students with special needs. I have found a few blogs that give me some ideas. Right now, most of what I have learned has been from my own experience; trial and error then reflecting on the process. I am teaching Summer School and I have students that are academically at both ends of the spectrum and being able to take a lesson, such as teaching money identification and counting, and differentiate learning so that all students are engaged has been difficult. I am learning how to create lessons that all students can engage with and how to manage support staff (my associate) and use them to help in this process.

MODIFY

At this point, I don’t see the need to modify my plan. I want to give my first plan a chance to work. Because it is summer, and the program is moving into a new school, I think that I will have to actually have to experience the new school setting as well as get to know my students in order to determine if I need to modify my action plan.

LEARNING SO FAR

From my experience as a long-term sub and summer school teacher of this program, I can that what I have learned so far is the need to constantly reflect on lessons, make sure that I am organized to collect data for IEPs on time and accurately, and reflect on my personal GAME plan so I can make necessary modifications when needed.

QUESTIONS

Being a first year teacher, I feel like I am going into this blind, not knowing what to expect, but I have had the opportunity to know some of my students before I begin my new journey. I am full of all kinds of questions, but they are mostly to do with the unknowns of being a new teacher. I am both excited and nervous. I am sure that I will have questions as I begin this new journey, which I will refer to as I reflect on my lessons and through data collection and analyzing data for IEPs.