Reflective Questions by Head of Secondary

1. What do you consider your greatest strength as a teacher? Why?

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2. How have your strengths positively impacted your students' learning experiences?

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3. How do you plan to continue developing and utilizing your strengths in the future?

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1. What has been the most significant challenge you faced this year in your teaching?

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2. What support or resources do you think would help you better manage these challenges? Any help you required from administration and did you get it ?

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3. How did you approach and try to overcome this challenge?

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1. What areas of your teaching practice do you feel need improvement?

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2. How have you identified these areas as growth opportunities?

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3. What goals do you have for your professional growth over the next year?

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1. Reflecting on the past year, what are you most proud of in your teaching?

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2. What feedback have you received from students, parents, or colleagues, and how has it influenced your teaching?

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What professional development opportunities have been most beneficial to you, and why?

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1. How do you plan to keep your teaching practice innovative and engaging?

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2. How can the school administration support your professional growth and development?

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3. What are your professional goals for the upcoming year?

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Mr. Cano .......

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Mr.Aggrey

2024-06-10 06:20:54 UTC

My strength part is that I am not getting disappointed easily to my learner's situations

Social sciences

2024-06-10 06:22:09 UTC

My greatest strength is having positive attitude towards everything that comes around.

Patience

2024-06-10 06:22:28 UTC

It takes a lot of energy to exhibit patience and understanding in different situations that occur in a learning environment. My strength is showcasing patience.

Sharon.

Mr. Gift

2024-06-10 06:22:37 UTC

Helping and supporting students in their weaker points in my subject. I try to teach them them skills required and also research issues as required by the Cambridge.

Mr.Aggrey

2024-06-10 06:23:10 UTC

It has helped them, especially slow learners to keep on trying and work harder to succeed and make me feel good, but also for them to see their future light on the subject high scores.

My greatest strength as a teacher

2024-06-10 06:23:18 UTC

My greatest strength as a teacher is writing a comprehensive lesson plan.

Ms Celine

2024-06-10 06:23:35 UTC

I believe it's my ability to truly understand my students. I try to see beyond the textbooks and reaching out to the hearts and minds of every student in my classroom. Encouraging them to become the best versions of themselves.

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Ms. Fatma.

Motivating students to learn and be able to help students, use different revision methods to prepare themselves for exams.

Miss Tina

2024-06-10 06:23:41 UTC

Patience and comitment

Ms mariam

2024-06-10 06:23:51 UTC

My greatest strength is to believe in every students ability to perform well regardless of differences in individual learning style.

miss nafisa

2024-06-10 06:23:52 UTC

always ready to learn and try new things, the reason is because throughout the year i was able to try new approaches of teaching and different methods.

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Mr. Abeid

My ability to cherish and support them creates a nurturing environment where learning flourishes

also my humility, understanding, and genuine care for my students make make an exceptional teacher.

Mr. Francis

2024-06-10 06:24:25 UTC

Helping students to achieve their goals in learning languages

Ms Nurjan

2024-06-10 06:24:38 UTC

My strengths include;

I am very adaptive of any environment and responsibilities.

I am observant and keen with most things around me.

I do my best to be very communicative of anything that is going on.

I work well as a group or in a team.

Mr Daniel

2024-06-10 06:24:53 UTC

I am an open minded person and fast learner. It helps me to learn fast from my mistakes, fellow teachers and my students.

Mis Salma

2024-06-10 06:24:59 UTC

Not giving up.

Mr. Gift

2024-06-10 06:25:20 UTC

It has helped me get sharpened in research projects and also help my students have open minded understanding of things happening across the globe and how they impact their studies in the contemporary world.

Mr Hossam

hossamabdul000 — 2024-06-10 06:25:56 UTC

My greatest strength is communication.

How has my strength impacted my students

2024-06-10 06:26:04 UTC

An interesting, comprehensive lesson plan ensures clarity and builds confidence in students.

Mr hafidh

2024-06-10 06:26:05 UTC

promote efficient learning and facilitate understanding to my students

Ms Theresia

2024-06-10 06:26:12 UTC

My positive attitude helped a lot when it comes to understand my students as well in the process of helping them, because many of nowadays kids do not want to be forced and they always cooperate when they are sure that you understand them. It helped in bringing them closer and cooperate with me during classses

Everyne

2024-06-10 06:26:49 UTC

My strength is I'm aware of the needs of my students and I'm on top of the subject content, so that they feel able to relay on me.

Abdallah.

2024-06-10 06:26:59 UTC

Being able to prepare and conduct all science ( biology, physics and chemistry) practicals.

Mr. Magnifico

2024-06-10 06:27:01 UTC

Be able to anticipate my students strengths and challenges and where to improve
Being able to manage student behavior and lead them towards their goals/ targets

Ms Celine

2024-06-10 06:27:05 UTC

I feel that the students are very comfortable talking to me about anything i.e educational-wise or personal issues. I think having an environment that they feel comfortable as they learn is crucial.

Mis Salma

2024-06-10 06:27:09 UTC

It helps my students doing better as they are being encouraged by my positive attitude.

Mr Baba

2024-06-10 06:27:13 UTC

Hard worker, comptent but also excellent in delivering subject contents and I normally integrate technology in my classes enought to meets each student needs regarding the subject.

Mr Daniel

2024-06-10 06:27:25 UTC

It has helped me to learn how to manage well my classroom, motivate my students and enhance knowledge to my students.

Mr. Gift

2024-06-10 06:27:34 UTC

By being resourceful and give students what they deserve to know in my subject for the betterment of their future.

Ms. Fatma.

2024-06-10 06:27:36 UTC

Students, especially those in lower secondary, have started using revision methods such as blurting and mind mapping. They are now able to go home and take responsibility for doing their homework and spend at least 10 minutes revising my subject. We have seen positive results in their end-of-term grades.

Consistency

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Conversations had in my room are often very emotional for those who express them. Being consistent in handling a situation, a feeling, reaction and or event creates an environment of trust and respect on both ends.

Sharon.

Ms Nurjan

2024-06-10 06:27:43 UTC

Using my strengths i have been able to observe and understand students in order to know how to deal with each student in a way that benefits them all.

Communication has help to influence students behaviors as when i report their behavior to their class teachers they change for the better.

Mr.Aggrey

2024-06-10 06:27:50 UTC

I am planning to teach my students to be patient, to face their challenges with confidence that there is a way to succeed solving any problem as long as time is their key factor. They need to keep on trying and trying until they succeed

Mr Hossam

hossamabdul000 — 2024-06-10 06:28:03 UTC

My ability to communicate well with my students, by listening to their needs, respecting any inputs they might provide by acknowledging and paying attention to every detail in what they say. But also help them improve by showing them what is right without bringing down their self-esteem. This has motivated them to like Sociology, since they feel supported and listened to.

Miss Tina

2024-06-10 06:28:22 UTC

Helps accomodate different types of student, create a conducive environment for learning.

Mr francis

2024-06-10 06:28:32 UTC

it has helped them to be more adaptable to language culture experiences

miss nafisa

2024-06-10 06:28:45 UTC

my strength has positively affected my students through making the class conducive for everyone to share what they have learnt and improve their level of confidence.

Jacqueline

2024-06-10 06:29:37 UTC

Passion, flexibility and enthusiasm

How I plan to develop my strengths

2024-06-10 06:29:52 UTC

I would like to incorporate many different materials in my lessons to bring more variety to my classes, includingthe use of modern technologies.

Mr Baba

2024-06-10 06:29:53 UTC

Some weak students have improved in math

miss nafisa

2024-06-10 06:30:20 UTC

taking for assessment courses and learn different ways of making a class more fun for everyone to learn.

Adaptation

2024-06-10 06:30:25 UTC

My work is volatile and you can never plan on what is going to be shared. Working in various organisations and with different nationalities over 6 years has given me prowess to adapt.

Sharon.

Gudila

2024-06-10 06:30:26 UTC

Patience and being a good listener have helped me to guide students and provide help for them to utilize their potential.

Ms Nurjan

2024-06-10 06:30:31 UTC

I hope to strengthen my skills through practicing them and learning from when these strengths dont work as expected.

Elevating my strengths may come from observing other teachers and learning from them.

Ms. Fatma

2024-06-10 06:30:33 UTC

I plan to use the same techniques with new students and engage in various workshops and courses to learn updated methods for our classrooms.

1. It led them towards the desired goals for instance good performance in the field that led to winning countless trophies . In addition to that It led to proper way of managing class and creating a conducive environment for students to express themselves for challenges and opportunities

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Ms Celine

2024-06-10 06:30:50 UTC

I'll keep nurturing my connection with students and listening to them. I'll seek out learning opportunities focused on empathy and innovation. Plus, I'll stay open to feedback to keep improving as a teacher.

Mr abeid

2024-06-10 06:31:06 UTC

My ability to connect with each student individually have created a supportive and enriching environment for my students.

Mr Hossam

hossamabdul000 — 2024-06-10 06:31:07 UTC

I intend to educate myself more on ways to positively motivate my students to learn, helping them build confidence in themselves, boosting their ability to succeed well in Sociology.

Mis Salma

2024-06-10 06:31:35 UTC

The most challenges was having different language levels in one class.

(Bigginers and first language)

Mr Baba

2024-06-10 06:31:40 UTC

I will try my best to become better and better.

Ms Theresia

2024-06-10 06:32:14 UTC

The most challenges are

Lack enough material as my subject is not in the Cambridge curriculum

Coping with students at first it was a little bit hard but with positivity I managed to overcome the situatiob

Mr Daniel

2024-06-10 06:35:46 UTC

By keep on learning from my colleagues, and students to make my teaching better.

My greatest strength, I have been try my best to be the best in and outside class room, interact positively with students, teachers and parents.

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Ms. Fatma.

2024-06-10 06:37:11 UTC

Engaging learners during learning, using different techniques.

Mr Francis

2024-06-10 06:41:26 UTC

Keep on learning and find good strategies to help students achieving their language learning goals that will have more positive impact in their lives.

Mr Baba

2024-06-10 06:42:19 UTC

Some of my students didn't get their text books for the whole year, of which it was challenging when giving home work and class activities.

Mr Baba

2024-06-10 06:43:48 UTC

The administration should buy enough books or even more books for the case of emergency.

Mr Baba

2024-06-10 06:45:34 UTC

I reported the issue several times last year, but nothing worked.

Mr Baba

2024-06-10 06:48:26 UTC

I feel my speed of covering topics is low, I have to improve on it.

Ms mariam

2024-06-11 06:14:12 UTC

Students are affected by how their perceived, positive expectations of a teacher for them give an encouragement on daily activity in the classroom, furthermore their likely to be participative which I believe is the key way to reach to endless learning.

Ms mariam

2024-06-11 06:16:58 UTC

I plan to continue my strength by commit to life long learning on how to appreciate and acknowledge all students contribution in the class regardless of different individual leaning styles

Ms Nurjan

2024-06-11 06:18:50 UTC

the major challenge was teaching my psychology students separately which made me have alot of lessons in a day and some times the lessons would collide with other classes like year 7&8.

Ms Nurjan

2024-06-11 06:20:15 UTC

Having the timetable include psychology for all the students would help to avoid all the overlap

Ms Nurjan

2024-06-11 06:21:50 UTC

I dealt with this challenge by creating a timetable to accommodates all the students at the time when they are free and sometimes had extra classes for the lessons that collided with others

Acquiring the tools necessary for my teachings.

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Ms Nurjan

2024-06-11 06:24:13 UTC

I feel i need to improve in class management especially for the lower secondary students

Mr Hossam

hossamabdul000 — 2024-06-11 06:24:13 UTC

Well, one is the scarcity of text books. I have students who didn't get theirs despite having a very number of students. Making it hard for them to study individually since they have to share even during class.

Challenges

2024-06-11 06:24:27 UTC

The most significant challenge for me this year was teaching both English as a First and Second Language and correcting a lot of writing tasks submitted by students whose proficiency of the language was not corresponding to the year/level they were in.

Ms Nurjan

2024-06-11 06:26:47 UTC

As a growth opportunity, I took some courses in alison on class management that help me gain certain insights that were helpful

Ms mariam

2024-06-11 06:26:47 UTC

My area of improvement

Classroom management especially in handling student's ways of interacting with the teacher and their fellows during the lesson. Furthermore creating the authoritative environment for my self to students

Teacher

2024-06-11 06:26:48 UTC

The big challenge in administration is the issue of unsatisfactory payments. The salary is too little compared to nature of school as well as life situation

Acquiring these necessary tools such as a white board or even smart board. Table sheets. Towels and a computer. I have been requesting these for sometime now

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Students come from different linguistic backgrounds, which can hinder communication and comprehension in classes. This challenge encourages the development of strong language support programs and innovative teaching strategies that enhance language acquisition and cross-cultural communication skills.

Support resources

2024-06-11 06:28:03 UTC

I believe that the number of students in the groups I was teaching was too numerous: they should have been reduced so the maxim7m number of students per group should not exceed 12.

Mr Hossam

hossamabdul000 — 2024-06-11 06:28:10 UTC

I think access to soft copy versions of the books that can be put in Library tablets, to help those who dont have books, while they are waiting for this shipment of books yet to arrive since last August.

Also, abundance of resources should be present eventhough students haven't chosen their subjects yet to ease the process of them adjusting incase they choose the subject at hand.

I have requested these via email. I even talked to the principal about these since the start of the term.

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Miss Tina

2024-06-11 06:28:58 UTC

1.Large number of students in year 12 business class who will be year 13 next academic year

Textbook came late last year I hope this year wont be the same
Lack of excursion ( field trip)
Problems are not solved on time

2024-06-11 06:29:21 UTC

Mr Hossam

hossamabdul000 — 2024-06-11 06:29:35 UTC

Ive tried photocopying some important pages of the book especially when I give homework which has been challenging due to the printing room being busy most times.

2024-06-11 06:29:42 UTC

Administration in HR side:

There is no clear openness about the monthly bread we receive,and even if your told it is not that. This caused heart break when you come to find out the truth.

Overtime has not being considered at all.

I tried to stay in control of my students to the best of my abilities to facilitate the process of teaching and learning.

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Some of the resources were given on time but still had issues with CD-ROM player so I tried to use other relevant videos from youtube which helped to deliver my lessons as planned

2024-06-11 06:31:53 UTC

Balancing limited class time with students' diverse native language backgrounds.

2024-06-11 06:32:11 UTC

Latecomers has been a significant challenge. While sending them to the library might seem like a solution, it's disheartening to see them miss out on valuable lessons hence leading to the need extra repetitive lesson.

the shortage of practical materials for science students is another challenge when we need extra materials the administration hurdles causing delays in conducting experiments.

Challenges

2024-06-11 06:33:05 UTC

What happened to the 5 minutes late rule this term??

Ms mariam

2024-06-11 06:33:19 UTC

My goals for self professional growth for next year is to commit my self to continous learning through different courses ,seminars and even day to day experiences specifically in the area of culture diversity,teaching / learning techniques, basic human psychology theories to help me understand my self and my students better

Science

2024-06-11 06:33:23 UTC

Involving lower secondary students in practicals, as labs are primarily used for upper secondary classes.

Mr. Magnifico

2024-06-11 06:34:38 UTC

Admin side: Delay on feedback until some close follow up few times. Sometimes information delays to reach targeted people on time. (Line of communication should be very clear)
School side: Teaching Time table for PE to be friendly for students especially upper secondary suggested to be after lunch break
Personal side: Proper planning, stable plans

Ms Tina

2024-06-11 06:35:09 UTC

Make it easy for every teacher to arrange and to go to a field trip with his or her students.
Increase the mumber of sockets in class since year 11,12 and 13 are allowed to have devices
Internet pleeeeeeeeeeaseeeeeeeeeeeee

2024-06-11 06:35:25 UTC

Students behavior especially year 9 was very challenging dealing with

Ms Celine

2024-06-11 06:36:09 UTC

Getting acquainted with the Cambridge curriculum. Understanding the structure, objectives, and assessment methods of the curriculum.

Challenges

2024-06-11 06:36:43 UTC

Ms Celine

2024-06-11 06:39:45 UTC

The administration and my fellow teachers have helped me so much to understand how Cambridge works. It’s becoming easier by the day.

Challenges

2024-06-11 06:42:47 UTC

Internet needs to work better sometimes it is hard integrating technology without internet

Ms Celine

2024-06-11 06:47:44 UTC

My class management skills can be much better. I can find more ways to better manage my class and make it more fun.

Challenges

2024-06-11 06:48:35 UTC

The number of Saturdays we had to be at school both teachers and students were indicated on the school calendar. Is there a reason why we can't go back to the same way. So that we can plan activities with our families.

1.Recording students performance using class dojo, we should find a better way to record the performance of students rather than realying on class dojo, class dojo can be used as a part of engaging students in learning.

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Ms Celine

2024-06-11 06:51:49 UTC

Explore methods to tailor instruction to meet the diverse needs of your students, including varying instructional materials, strategies, and assessments.

Ms Celine

2024-06-11 06:58:05 UTC

Identifying areas for improvement involves reflection and feedback. For class management, I've noticed specific challenges and received feedback from students and colleagues.