Overall, I really loved working in this classroom and couldn't have asked for a better teacher to observe. Mrs. M and I are very similar in our personalities and she gave me a glimpse into the future. I thought some of her ideas in the classroom were really interesting and would like to use some of her assignments in the future. Since the school had block scheduling, she had the students for almost two hours. This schedule allowed her to do more activities in class; she would typically start the day with a review of the last class, move into today's lecture, then conclude with an activity or time to work on projects/assignments. I thought it was really well organized and really enhanced student learning, the students seamed to really like it as well.
I also learned from watching Mrs. M that some days nothing goes as plan. Sometimes she would be trying to deal with an issue before class during her planing period and not get to what she wanted to and then have to make up something on the spot in the classroom. She would assign some group work thing for the students to work on and then tell me she had to make that up on the spot which is something i'm sure every teacher has to do every now and then when something doesn't go as planned.
I learned from the students as well. Some students don't want to be there, some crave attention, some are perfectly behaved, some are too self absorbed to really care whats going on around them....how do you deal with all these attitudes in one classroom? Being a teacher is going to take patience and understanding. Mrs. M got all of the students involved by just acting like she cared about their lives and what they were doing. She made an effort to work around their schedules when planning presentation dates and showed empathy when they were worried about something. In turn, even the students who don't really care about homework and studying at least made some effort and were respectful towards her. If you treat your students like intelligent, worthy people, they'll be more likely to put forth effort.
I was so nervous to teach a lesson to the students since it was the first one I was doing on my own AND someone was observing me. However, since I had spent the last few weeks getting to know the students and talking to them, they were helpful and respectful while I taught and I was so grateful for that.
I had a really fun time in this class and it was nice to see that even though some things don'g go as planned, it'll be ok. I just need to learn to go with the flow and show my students that I care about their education. I hope to be able to create a comfortable, open classroom environment like Mrs. M did!
I also learned from watching Mrs. M that some days nothing goes as plan. Sometimes she would be trying to deal with an issue before class during her planing period and not get to what she wanted to and then have to make up something on the spot in the classroom. She would assign some group work thing for the students to work on and then tell me she had to make that up on the spot which is something i'm sure every teacher has to do every now and then when something doesn't go as planned.
I learned from the students as well. Some students don't want to be there, some crave attention, some are perfectly behaved, some are too self absorbed to really care whats going on around them....how do you deal with all these attitudes in one classroom? Being a teacher is going to take patience and understanding. Mrs. M got all of the students involved by just acting like she cared about their lives and what they were doing. She made an effort to work around their schedules when planning presentation dates and showed empathy when they were worried about something. In turn, even the students who don't really care about homework and studying at least made some effort and were respectful towards her. If you treat your students like intelligent, worthy people, they'll be more likely to put forth effort.
I was so nervous to teach a lesson to the students since it was the first one I was doing on my own AND someone was observing me. However, since I had spent the last few weeks getting to know the students and talking to them, they were helpful and respectful while I taught and I was so grateful for that.
I had a really fun time in this class and it was nice to see that even though some things don'g go as planned, it'll be ok. I just need to learn to go with the flow and show my students that I care about their education. I hope to be able to create a comfortable, open classroom environment like Mrs. M did!