Overall Reaction

If you would like to take a few minutes and reflect on your overall experience with participating in this blog and reading this book, please use this space.  However, this is not required.  I hope you all found this to be a beneficial experience, and you will consider keeping your book Seven Simple Secrets to refer to in the future.

Good luck in your future!

Secret of Motivation and Inspiration

Effective teachers do not bring their personal problems into their classrooms.  They just act as if everything is OK – even when it might not be.  If you were counseling beginning teachers, what suggestions from the chapter do you feel are the most relevant in guiding these teachers?  What are the reasons for your thinking? 

The Secret of Effective Discipline

The authors provide five statements that are attributed to being a better, more effective teacher.  Reflect on these statements and explain how they apply to your daily interaction with your students. 

The Secret of Professionalism

Reflect on yourself and your current experience thus far.  How do you feel about the professionalism you have demonstrated thus far?  Reflect on at least two important points shared in this chapter that may help you in improving or maintaining your professionalism as an educator. 

The Secret of Attitude

One point that the authors make is that negative teachers rarely see that quality in themselves.  If you were to ask your principal or colleagues about your attitude what do you think they would say?  No matter how positive our attitude, we can always reflect on how we might improve.  Utilizing the secrets shared in this chapter, what improvements might you consider making in the future?

The Secret of Instruction

The authors provide a list of eight tips to let you know your lessons are appropriately paced.  Look at the list and reflect on your teaching for the past few days.  How many of these tips do you think apply to your classroom?  Describe which ones you think apply and give examples.

The Secret of Classroom Management

How effectively do you feel you discuss and implement the rules of the classroom with your students?  After reading and reflecting on the secrets of this chapter, what changes do you foresee making when you have a classroom of your own?