Pdp Reflection Paper

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The past week has been a whirlwind of emotions, and I am pretty exhausted overall. Throughout high school and my undergrad I never thought I would actually make it into the PDP Program so it definitely feels like a huge accomplishment just getting through the first week. The first day, despite being extremely tired from just having flown back from New York, I felt really proud to be sitting in a room full of people who share the same passion of teaching with me. One speaker that really resonated with me was Chris, because he had just gone through the program, and the passion and energy he had made me excited for my upcoming year. After hearing Chris, my nerves settled down a bit because I realized that this program will be difficult but it will all be worth it in the end. Furthermore, after meeting the people …show more content…

After completing the inspirational teacher write-up, I was amazed at how many of the goals my inspirational teacher had mastered. I enjoyed linking up actual concrete examples of what this teacher does to the PDP goals statements. One of the things that has been very apparent throughout this week has been the collaborative nature of teaching. When I look back at my experience of volunteering in his classroom, I realize how much effort he put into getting administration and other teachers together to come up with cross-curricular activities and reconstructing new policies for things such as plagiarism; goal four is related to this because it is based on the commitment to maintain ethical and functional working relationship with all members of the educational community. I always saw my mentor as a great teacher, but now I also see how amazing he is as a collaborative member of the teaching community. After coming home from Burnaby North Secondary, I felt really happy with my decision of becoming a high school teacher. Standing in the English eleven classroom I felt an overwhelming feeling that this is the type of environment I

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