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Module 8 Blog - Classroom and Career Goals


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This is it! My final class for my STEM Teaching & Learning certificate! What are my takeaways from completing the program?

My main goal for the course of study was to increase my knowledge of STEM in the secondary classroom. In doing so, I was immersed in the latest research on methods and best practices while learning valuable lessons from my peers and professors. Along the way, I learned how to help my students achieve more by writing an Action Project that could help my students become more savvy in mathematics. I also learned the best practices for classroom management in the STEM classroom, wrote a detailed Unit Plan, and learned how to best assess what my students have learned through rubrics, and formative and summative assessments.

As far as my career goals, earning the Certificate for STEM Teaching and Learning will help me in my current position and perhaps beyond. Participating in this program has made me a more reflective teacher. Reflective teachers are always looking for ways to improve their impact and I have incorporated many lessons learned in this program into my current position. In the future, I would like to possibly become a STEM coordinator for an elementary or middle school and what I’ve learned in this program has definitely given me the tools to succeed in that goal as well.

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