Focussed Conversation 3_

Isabel Chew (Lim Zhi Ying)

28 February 2020a

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Leadership & Management / Winning Hearts and Minds

Understanding the Environment

Gained an awareness of the
Canossian Village Environment and
the work that we do through the past
8 weeks of immersion and the
Canossian Educators’ Induction

“Education is the formation of the heart.”

Looking forward to contributing to this
community in greater capacity soon!

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Leadership & Management / Working with others

Working in Teams
Demonstrated the ability to work in teams
by being supportive and adaptable

- On standby for P2 Learning Journey

to cover a colleague → activated to
assist with another class
- Learning and trying new things
(Writer’s Workshop) together with my
P2 EL colleagues
- Working together cooperatively with
my CTs; open to sharing of ideas
- Assisted with Form Teacher duties
- Adaptable to changes in CCA
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Graduand Teacher Competency / Personal Effectiveness / Knowing Self and Others

Tuning into Self

Understanding my personal work-rest rhythms,
self-care for my personal health

Understanding what makes me upset in class

and coming up with management strategies to
manage that

- E.g. “Do what I do, say what I say” at

the end of the day, teaching students
boundaries

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Personal Effectiveness / Knowing Self and Others

Understanding and Respecting Others

Demonstrated compassion, empathy and As much as possible, I try to discipline
respect towards students of diverse students positively with dignity, calling
backgrounds and diverse needs them up to a better way

- E.g. I try not to dismiss a child’s question,

no matter how small, especially when it’s
coming from a child with learning needs
who is engaged in class (Mr. X bought 4
similar chairs at $384. → “Is $384 the
place?)

I cannot control how the child comes to me,

but I can control how I treat the child
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Graduand Teacher Competency / Personal Effectiveness / Knowing Self and Others

Resilience and Adaptability

Demonstrated resilience by

- Not giving up but continue to give my

best even after less-than-ideal lesson
observations
- Remaining humble to accept
correction and feedback

Demonstrated adaptability by

- Learning CL structures and trying

them during lessons (alignment to
school’s focus)
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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Nurturing the whole child

Not just head knowledge, but their
Character and Formation of the Heart
Seizing small opportunities and
moments to ask them about their
aspirations and motivations; calling out
the potential that I can see within them

Seeking to understand the heart behind

their behaviours and teaching them to
respond in a better way

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My Teaching Philosophy:

To learn is to be curious with a sense of wonder.

To teach is to create that sense of wonder.

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Nurturing the whole child

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Providing quality learning

of the child
Education is a gift

Quality learning is when every child

learns and is stretched at his/her level

+1

“Oh! I already know… and now this is …”

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Providing quality learning

of the child

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Cultivating Knowledge
With subject mastery:

- Knowing the subject enough to

activate and arouse interest,
engage and sustain interest
- Collaborative and social learning
where students help one another
to learn and grow

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Cultivating Knowledge

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Cultivating Knowledge

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Cultivating Knowledge

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Graduand Teacher Competency / Professional Practice

Cultivating Knowledge
With reflective thinking:

- Reflecting on my lessons, how it

went wrong, how it went well,
what worked, what did not work

With analytic thinking:

- Analysing what went wrong and

deciding on my next course of
action: how I would teach or act
differently next time

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My Teaching Philosophy:

To teach is to keep learning.

As a Learner,

- Studying the teaching-learning process

in practice in the classroom, using the
skills and knowledge base acquired
through NIE’s courses

As a Co-Teacher,

- Shared responsibility for student

learning

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