Disposition 5 - Attendance

Today was the last day of class instruction / last day of presentations. Because I completed all my presentations on Monday, I could have easily skipped class today because I had a lot of errands to run to get my kids and husband on the plane tonight and also because I knew that we would not be doing anything that would be graded. I did go class and because of that, I'm proud to say that I have fulfilled the "Attendance" disposition with a 100 percent attendance for this First Term 2009!

Disposition 9 - Commitment

Because I am done with all my presentations, it would have been easy to not go to class today but work on another class assignment instead. But, rather than doing that, I reminded myself of the commitment I have made when I decided to go into this Education program. So, I went to class and participated in the presentations that were given today. Because of that, I can say that I was able to fulfill the "Commitment" disposition today.

Disposition 3 - Learning Community

I fulfilled the "Learning Community" disposition today by giving a science lesson (along with my science partner) on force and motion. It took a lot of preparation and working together in trying to come up with a flow of activities as well as a lesson plan that we both could agree on. I feel that in presenting, both my partner and I were able to contribute to the learning community of our class.

Disposition 8 - Initiative

Through participating in the presentations today, I felt that I was able to fulfill the "initiative" disposition by having a positive attitude as a participant in the presentations and by completing the tasks that were given to me to do. It is always easier to not participate or not be involved in the activities given to the class to do, but as part of working towards becoming a better professional, it is important to take the initiative and be an active member of the classroom environment.

Disposition 3 - Learning Community

I was able to contribute to my learning community today by offering the opening prayer for class. It was also my presentation day today and through my presentation, was able to contribute once again to the learning community of our class. I could have done a better job with my presentation and hopefully I can learn from this last one and do a better job for my next (and last) presentation.

Disposition 5 - Attendance

I fulfilled the "Attendance" disposition today by going to class. I had a sick child at home and was going to miss class but then at the last minute, I was able to figure out having someone help me out with the kids. It was good to go to class and participate in the presentations.

Disposition 7 - Flexibility

Today was my presentation day. Melissa Tyler and I had quite a few things that we wanted to do with our presentation but because of time constraints, we shaved it down to only a few. Because of that, I feel that I was able to fulfill the "flexibility" disposition. If I wasn't flexible, we would have gone overtime with our presentation. Instead, we made do with our situation and ended the presentation smoothly.