We had asked you to share your tips. I offered some sentences for you to "fill in the blanks" to help to get the thinking going. One of our educators took us up
on the challenge. This was what came off the top of her head…
Something I do to prepare is…
Review the student manual and update materials. This makes me think about seeing my job for
the first time. Would this make sense to a first glance?
One thing I’m going to try for this placement is…
To integrate theory in a more conscious manner, working through it with
the student…co-learning!
Something I remember that my educator did when I was a
student was…
Ask me how I felt I did before providing me with any feedback.
Self-reflection proved to be a great tool for life.
I would tell a new educator ...
That you don’t need to know everything.
Something that makes me nervous is…
Not knowing everything! Despite my earlier note…however, it’s okay not
to know everything and modeling how to get through an area of limited knowledge
/ experience is a great teaching moment, both for myself and a student.
I'll add here, with this educator's 24 years added to the 3 OTs in the post “you don’t need to know everything,” we have at least 95 years of experience behind this tip. If you are pretending that you have all the answers, give yourself permission to stop!
There is still so much more to learn from eachother. For now, thank you to this educator for sharing these insights!
Lisa
Revised by Julie, 2024
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