Since we have been visiting for the last few weeks I have been fortunate to discover which students could potentially be problem students for me! The reason I say I'm fortunate is because I have to chance to see what causes them to act out, who causes them to act out, and how my co-op handles the student. Although having a classroom of our own won't be so accommodating to our needs as a new teacher it is still going to ease us into the process of classroom management. We won't be going into battle unprepared!
The section I was assigned to read talked about the importance of using research-based practices in our teaching. It is believe to be an effective teacher on must believe it is the teacher who makes the difference in the classroom. Without good teachers we cannot expect good students.
My section also addressed why positive expectations are so important. This goes along with what Wong was talking about in the video on Wednesday night. An expectation is what you believe will or will not happen. This is such a powerful word. If you are a positive teacher who expects a great level of achievement out of your students, the odds are greater that what you want will happen. It is important to stay optimistic and have a positive ATTITUDE, the students WILL pick up on these things. That's all!
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Yeah, I definitely agree with everything you said, especially about the expectations. It's funny to see, well maybe not funny but...interesting? to see the class with the negative teacher and then the class with the positive teacher because there is such a difference in attitude for the students. If you expect that your students are going to act poorly and not care about your content...well, that's what you're going to get. Isn't that called the self-fulfilling prophecy or something? But anyway, it'll be easy for us to be the positive teachers for our first couple years, we just have to watch that we don't take a trip to negative town once we get older.
Jenn,
I think you made a really good point about being fortunate to have these 5 Friday visits where we get to observe our co-op and see how they run things and how the students act. I am also getting to know my students and have found it really beneficial.
I would completely agree that we, as teachers, must have a positive attitude. I feel that there are too many teachers who are tired and burnout that mat not be very excited about their job. I think many of our students will be happy and maybe even relieved to have a younger teacher who is enthusiastic. :)
Great reminder of the "two wongs don't make a right" joke! HA! I love this guy too! :)
It is really beneficial to have five days to observe before we go in! And even after that, we'll still have more observing time! Two Fridays ago, a substitute tried to give me the class. I tried to explain to her the benefit of just simply observing. I ended up helping her facilitate discussion, but having to explain it to someone else made me realize what gift it is! I'm really glad we first get to observe and learn the dynamics of the students, too!
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