Dance Teacher Reflection

A teacher in a general sense is someone that teaches to another person, and I think that teaching is one of the most needed professions there is. By teaching in schools and working with young kids, we are nurturing the minds of people who could have the cure for cancer or find new research about space. And with teaching there are many different philosophies about how teachers should act and interact with their students, but personally I lean more towards a Progressive view of teaching; I believe that there is more to school than testing and there is more learning that could be done outside of the classroom. In terms of professionalism, I would say that I have more experience than some other people who are looking to enter the education profession; I have been a dance teacher for about three years, …show more content…
For me I would want to use management techniques that do not single out or embarrass a specific student, because that will only perpetuate the problem. I also want to focus more on attempting to correct the overall problem, if there is one, instead of only treating the outbursts as they come. The teacher I observed for Interview #2 had a really great idea when it came to classroom management; at the beginning of the year she had all of her students create a classroom rules guide collectively, and that served as an outline for the rest of the year. I really like how that incorporates the students and they are able to come up with some of their own ideas about how a classroom should act and function. I would also like to create some sort of reward system, where students are giving rewards for doing things such as turning in all their homework for the week, or getting an in-class assignment done quietly, and efficiently; I want to support good behaviors more than I want to condemn poor