Reflection on Learning
I currently teach at a Title I school with a significant population of English Language
Learners. Working with this population I am often reminded of how this group of students learn
and how much learning is being taught to them all at once at times. These students are expected
to learn a new language in tandem with working at the same academic level as their grade level
peers. Not recognizing this can cause a major disadvantage, but with supports, strategies and
some supplementing this group of students can be extremely successful.
However, learning is a lifelong skill we as educators remain doing. Learning is not just
academics, it learning social skills, learning how to cope with grief, learning how to overcome
anxiety, and much more. Yet, learning is an experience in which we will make mistakes and
learn based on those mistakes. This program has taught me that the more we learn, the better we
understand material. Whether that be learning in the classroom, or learning research, analyzing
data, and more. For example, The strategies and activities that were fun and exciting for students,
and, more importantly, which led to high levels of learning and academic success I kept
repeating in each round to be incorporated into instruction again. This allowed my students to
have set norms and procedures on learning is taking place. Despite to content being different, the
learning target and the ways the learning target was being achieved remained the same.
Therefore, consistency is key when learning, especially if it is new learning for students and
educators as well. Overall, learning has it own was of happening. Setting goals for what you
want to accomplish for and making plans is the first step. Once you have a plan to meet the
needs of your English learners, the next step will be to execute the plan! Having a plan will help
facilitate the execution of the plan and help you to continue to grow as an educator, and to better
meet the needs of each of the children in your classroom.