While
reading Chapter 14, I had a hard time relating human performance improvement to
my role as an educator. I couldn’t see
past the business lingo because I don’t view my students as employees that need
to meet a certain quota. However, once I
saw the HPT model of the International Society for Performance Improvement, it
became a little clearer to me.
One of
the ways that I felt HPI related to my role as an educator was how it focuses
on behavior and performance. As an
educator, the way my students behave during a lesson can directly affect how
they “perform”. For example, during a
math lesson I have a student who gets up very often to use the restroom, blow
her nose, etc. I have found that this
behavior greatly affects her learning the math concepts that I am
teaching. The “performance” in the classroom
means to me that the students take what they have learned in a lesson and apply
it to an activity. That activity may
simply be a worksheet to complete or a test.
Behavior and performance are definitely evident in a classroom
environment.
The
other way that I felt HPI related to my role as an educator was the HPT
model. It created a clear cut pathway to
describe how to analyze performance and decide what interventions, if any, are
needed to improve performance. I do this
in teaching every day. Every day I
assess students as I am teaching them.
If there is a disconnect somewhere and the students are not picking up
on a certain concept, I need to figure out what is causing the disconnect. Is it the way I am presenting the
material? Was the student not paying
attention? Is there an outside cause,
such as, illness or home life that is affecting how they are learning? After looking at all of the factors, I need
to decide what the next step is. For
example, if the problem is how I am presenting the material, maybe I need to
present it in another way. Maybe the
child needs one-on-one attention for a
certain concept. All in all, I could see
this type of model, or something similar, being very helpful to educators.
As I
said before, I had a hard time looking past the business talk of HPI. To me, business (especially one with quotas)
can be a very cold, harsh environment.
Teaching and especially a classroom community is a warm, safe, inviting
environment. To think of “performance”
in a classroom just sounds cold. After
looking past the business sense, it made it a little easier for me to find a
connection between teaching and HPI.
The
podcasts I found and subscribed to are
great for teachers. They are very helpful and provide valuable resources
for the classroom. The podcasts range from ideas for literacy and math,
as well as, other classroom strategies, such as, tips for differentiating
instruction. The podcasts feature educators with years of experience and
others in the education field. I found the podcasts to be suitable for
many grade levels. Check it out!
I could see using this podcast
and others like it in my classroom, as well as, sharing with fellow
teachers. They have some great ideas and
tips that are very useful. Other
podcasts could be great for student use.
I saw several that had music for different subjects, which I know my
students would just love. I could
definitely see the use podcasts as beneficial in classrooms.
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