TEACHER

CANDIDATE VIDEO
TANIA TRIFONOPOULOS
NOVEMBER 2018
 MY PATH TO TEACHING

 Undergrad:  Post Grad:  Master’s:  Communications

Business Management Corporate Professional Manager
Communications Communications Planning large-scale
Major – Marketing
training events
Minor – Law Creating senior-
executive presentations

COMING SOON:
Master of Science in Education, Medaille College
HOW TO BE AN EXCELLENT TEACHER

• Successful planning, instruction and assessment are key

• Know the strengths & weaknesses and needs of your students, then accommodate them
• Be engaging – make it fun, make it relative, make it experiential (Dewey, Piaget)
• Be explicit – I do, we do, you do
• Assessment drives instruction – if you miss the mark, re-teach until you hit it
• Effective classroom management has the largest effect on student achievement (Marzano)
• Reflect, reflect, reflect!
• It may not always be your fault if a lesson didn’t work, but it’s your job to fix it
• Be a team player
• Collaborate, support and share with other colleagues
CREATING ENGAGING LESSON PLANS

• Assess students’ prior knowledge

• Challenge students and build critical thinking skills (Blooms)
• Scaffold when necessary
• Incorporate technology
• Include collaborative and social learning opportunities (Vygotsky)
• Modify instruction to meet the needs of all students
• Re-teach when necessary
STAYING ON TREND

• Technological integration
• It’s a digital world - enhance lessons and increase engagement with interactive technology

• Growth mindset
• Keep working and never stop learning
• Focus on potential rather than limitations

• Social-emotional learning
• Preparing for the future by developing grit
WHAT I BRING TO THE TABLE

• Well-rounded and diverse skill-set

• Superior technology and literacy skills, cross-functional collaboration, people and time
management, effective lesson planning, instruction and assessment
• Strong work ethic
• The job is not done until the job is done right
• Interpersonal and communication skills
• Adaptable, relatable, compassionate, motivational, knowledgeable, effective
• Looking to prepare students for tomorrow
• Building problem solving skills and learning how to ask the right questions