PE TA Final Blog

I have divided my 4 pillars as follows:

1. Participation 10%

2. Social Responsibility 50%

3. Healthy living 15%

4. Digital Portfolio 25%

1) Participation- this category includes all of the factors around your ability to participate and the quality of your participation of in-class activities. Some things to consider would include: attendance and punctuality, wearing gym strip (actual change of clothing from what you wear the rest of the day),  physical presence/activity level during games, intensity of participation, skill level in various games, and the motivation behind your selection of activities on choice days. Missing “sometimes” or having “no strip” more than once or twice should result in a failing mark here.

1. My participation with my kids this semester has been really good. I always come to class prepared and willing to participate. I have attended almost all classes and I am always active. My motivation during class is just being someone the kids can look up to, because I remember being a junior and looking up to the seniors and wanting to be just like them. I hope I was the reason that some of the kids changed their mindset on bringing pe strip and actually being involved with the class. I would gave myself 9% in this category.

2) Social Responsibility and Contribution to the Class- this category includes all of the factors that led to your improving skills around working with peers to make everyone's experience more successful. Some things to consider would include: examples of leadership (organizing others, encouraging peers), examples of initiative (helping with equipment, helping with other classes WITHOUT being asked to), positive energy and social dynamic during activities, honesty during competition and on fitness scores, and connections with the community/volunteering. Needing reminders from a teacher to do the above items negates their impact… thus resulting in a failing grade here. If you need to be talked to, you didn’t do well.

2. Social Responsibility, the 'big one'. I feel I really excelled in the social responsibility aspect of being a TA. I felt like I was the leader the classes didn't really need because to be honest both of the classes were amazing, but still I felt as though somehow I was the perfect figure for them. They looked up to me almost as if I was an older brother to them, I wasn't needed, but I was wanted and that was one of the best things of being a TA, it was what always brought me back the next day. These kids really changed my perspective on how it is to be a role model, it has a lot to do with the things that your'e doing when no one is there to watch you. It wasn't always smooth sailing though, I had times where being the leader was difficult such as the time we went to the lower field, but it was more of a lesson to me than it was a failure. There was so much I learned from being a TA and I have a lot more respect for my teachers now thats for sure. It also wasn't just in the classroom, I made connections with these students outside the class and even then I felt I had to be the person they could look up to. It has been a great semester for me because of the experience I had and the things I learned from my students. For the social responsibility I think I should receive 47%.

3) Healthy Living - this category includes all aspects of your past, current, and future data and goals on your health and fitness. Some of the things to consider would include: your actual fitness scores and what they teach you, noteworthy changes in your fitness, some of the barriers/limitations you face in participating, dietary choices and extra curricular activity choices and their impact on overall health, injury prevention, management, and rehabilitation, and future plans/goals for overall health choices. This is the connecting piece between class and life… if you have no evidence of choices/activities outside of class you should be failing this section.

3. Healthy living for me is a simple task. I have s many things going on in my life, it just makes healthy living normal for me. There was a time in my life where I was really unhealthy and I know how beneficial it is to be healthy and hard working. The hardest part of healthy living to me is my diet. I have been working hard at eating healthier and have realized its alright to eat 'junk' food, but just remember to have everything in moderation. For healthy living I believe 13% is fair.

4) Digital Portfolio and Reflective skills: this category includes all aspects of your blog posts. Some of the things to consider would include: the total collection of digital evidence and number of posts, the quality of the selection of evidence as a demonstration of learning, the quality of the summaries/explanation of the evidence (with reflection of effort, new learning cited, research included, and future goals/plans set), the usefulness of comments on peers blog entries as a part of socially constructed learning and assessment, and your ability to synthesize your entries into a summative final post which provides evidence for your learning.

4. The largest struggle for me has been my digital portfolio. I haven't had to regularly do posts for pe until this semester. I only have a few posts for my portfolio which is unacceptable especially because I am supposed to be a leader in this course. I just couldn't remember to post daily and show evidence of my work. I wish I could have posted more and shown to my students that their blog is just as important as what they do in class, but I just couldn't achieve that. I think I failed that aspect of pe and give myself 10%

Overall, I learned so much from you and my two classes. After adding my percents I think 79% is what I should receive. Being a TA was so much more different than I thought it would be and it was an experience i'll never forget, so thank you to my two classes and to you as well Mr. Neufeld for the opportunity. Have a great summer everyone ! :)