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29. What are your greatest strengths as a teacher, and how did Purdue's Teacher Education Program contribute to the development of these strengths?
1. My greatest strengths as a teacher are being able to connect with the children and getting on their level. Purdue's Teacher Education Program contributes by allowing me the opportunity to work with children in my classes. 2. I feel that one of my greatest strengths as a teacher is managing a classroom and building and maintaining a warm, successful learning classroom environment. I feel that Purdue's teacher education program does a fine job of stressing the importance of doing so. Another area in which I have excelled as a result of Purdue's teacher ed. program is my ability to plan lessons
I feel that through my English classes I learned how to plan out a strong lesson plan that is appropriate to age the age level and times of a classroom. 18. I am organized, and a good self-evaluator. I have a strong background in child development and know what to expect at different ages. 19. One of my greatest strengths as a teacher is the ability to design lessons with all students in mind. I am able to address the needs of a variety of different types of learners. I believe that this is in large part due to the Block classes at Purdue that emphasized meeting the needs of all students and how to accomplish this. I also believe that creativity in the classroom is one of my strengths, and many of my ideas originated from something discussed during Block courses. 20. My creativity, teamwork, and organization, and I had these before I came to Purdue. 21. I believe that my Classroom Management Plan is my greatest strength. This was developed in Block V, and I was able to carry it out in Block VI. I am also comfortable working with students of any age level due to the many varying levels that I worked with in my educational career. I attribute many of my successes to EDCI 308. This is the most beneficial class that I took at Purdue. 22. My organizational skills and my ease with students are my greatest strengths. My courses at Purdue helped me gain confidence in that I felt well-prepared when I was teaching. Just being in college helped me become more organized. 23. I
Working with individual student needs and motivation. The program at Purdue did very little to add to my past professional experience. It provided me a license to teach in public Schools. 35. My greatest strengths: I never stop smiling, passion for the subject matter I teach, enthusiasm, ability to relate subject matter to the students level while at the same time not talking down to them, if that makes sense. I believe these strengths are a result of my personality rather than Purdue's Teacher Education Program. 36. My greatest strengths are my creativity and trying new things. I think Purdue encouraged me to be different and use ideas that students would enjoy. 37. I have no strengths as a teacher, and Purdue didn't help in that respect. 38. Classroom management is one of my biggest strengths. This is in part based on my upbringing and in part because of Block V. 39. One of my greatest strengths is being able to relate to children. Our method courses helped us look at each subject from the prospective as a child. 40. I believe that my strengths as a teacher are my passion for teaching, caring about my students, and being well-rounded. Purdue help me become more knowledgeable and well rounded. 41. To be the best teacher that I can possibly be and any less is not acceptable. 42. I have a good understanding of the background concepts in the core subject areas. Purdue's program contributed to this by requiring me to take core classes. I also feel that I have a lot of