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    A teacher has revised her goals for the school year. She wants to become a distinguished and effective STEM teacher. She also wants to integrate more technology and math activities into her lessons.

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    A teacher has revised her goals for the school year. She wants to become a distinguished and effective STEM teacher. She also wants to integrate more technology and math activities into her lessons.

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    RevisitingyourGoals

    Sincewritingmyinitialgoals,IhavehadafewconversationswithmyadministrationaboutSTEM.Concernswere
    broughttomyattentionbyafewparentsandstudentsaboutthecurriculum.AparentinKindergartenwaswondering
    whytherewerentmoreprojectsassignedtothestudents.Iexplainedtomyadministrationthattheprojector
    experienceswerecontainedintheonehourclassperiod,andthatIdidnotassignlargerprojects.Ialsorealized
    thatIwasnotactivelycommunicatingtheseprojectstoparentsandeventomyadministrators,sincetheywere
    sometimesatalossintermsofrespondingtotheparents.
    ClassroommanagementhasalwaysbeenmyAchillesheelasateacher,andthesituationwasexacerbatedthisyear
    withthenewposition.Withtheoldergrades,ItriedtocreateaMakerspaceenvironmentwhenrollingoutsuch
    activitiesastheSquishyCircuitsandMakeyMakey.Unfortunately,thoseprojectsandtheclassroomenvironment
    weremisunderstoodbymyadministrators,andsometimestheenvironmentwasperceivedtobechaotic.Oneof
    mylearningsthisquarteristhatIneedtosolidifymyclassroommanagementinordertoconducttheambitious
    projectsthatareapartofSTEMinstruction.AnotherlearningisthatIneedtohavemoredialoguewithbothteachers
    andparentsaboutourclassroomhappeningsandexplainthevalueofSTEMactivities.Withthatbackdrop,below
    pleasefindmyrevisedgoals.

    Goal#1:IwanttoimprovemyteachingpracticebybecomingadistinguishedandeffectiveSTEMteacher,as
    definedbytheCPSFrameworkforTeaching.

    Goal#2:IwanttoimprovecommunicationswithmyinternalandexternalaudiencesaboutthevalueofSTEM,
    particularlythecreationofaMakerspaceenvironment.

    Goal#3:Iwanttointegratemoretechnologyandmathactivitiesintomyinstruction.

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