Narrative Self-Assignment:
Beginning of Semester

Name:____________________ County: __________ School: __________ SSN (Last 4 digits): _____

Hand in a typed 1-page (or 2 pages at most) Beginning Of Semester Self-Assessment. What are your strengths as a teacher, and what are some areas you'd like to improve as a teacher (of algebra, or more generally, of math)? In addition, briefly address: (i) Your attitudes about math (ii) How comfortable/capable you as a teacher with non-lecture methods (iii) Your level of confidence with mathematics (iv) What are your expectations of yourself in this course (what would you like to challenge yourself to have achieved, by the end of the course)?


Note: please keep a copy of this assignment's instructions, since you will be asked to answer these questions again at the end of the course.