Self-Efficacy

Maxim (2010) says that having a high degree of self-efficacy means you will be successful in any given task.    It is your belief that you will succeed in any situation.  I believe that I have self-efficacy at work.  I have taught pre-k for more than five years and I feel very good in that role.  I know what to expect most times and I know that I am good at what I do.  So I feel very successful at being a pre-k teacher.   I think what contributed to this was just having experiences in being a pre-k teacher.  I would not feel like this if this was my first year teaching pre-k but now that I have had experiences with the students, parents, and other co-workers, I feel that I am successful in the position.  Achieving most of my goals makes me feel successful also.  I have achieved my Bachelor’s degree and my Birth to Kindergarten license so achieving those thins has made me have a high degree of self-efficacy in mastering those two goals.  What contributed to this would be having opportunities to go to school and take classes and also meeting the different people in the classrooms and the professors which gave me good experiences.

Maxim, G. W. (2010). Dynamic social studies for constructivist classrooms. Boston, MA:

 Pearson.