Unfortunately, or fortunately in some cases, the main problem with juggling other things alongside full-time teaching responsibilities, is time. The responsibility of a teacher doesn’t just fall under the times that the students are in the building, but extends almost twenty-four seven. Teachers are constantly thinking of ways to better themselves, and the classroom, for the benefit of their students. Having this causes teachers to really micromanage their outside of classroom time, with their other daily responsibilities, such as coursework for initial teacher preparation, and their social lives. Teachers need to learn to balance their professional and personal lives in a way that one doesn’t overwhelm the other, this skill …show more content…
How should Mr. Mason respond the principal’s notion that “we can’t rush things” in regard to mainstreaming and inclusion? (CC9S3)
Mr. Mason response to the principal, should be to ask the principal to give him a time line of when the mainstreaming and inclusion is going to start taking place. Mr. Mason needs to take the time to prepare his students for the mainstreaming and inclusion, and the principal should be able to give him a brief time frame of when that might take place.
3. How should Mr. Mason handle his fear that he will have to ask, ask, and ask again to get his students the help they need? (CC9S8)
Mr. Mason needs to sit down and really think about the good that he is doing for his students by always asking questions, to help better his students. He also needs to come to realize that it is hard and virtually impossible to give every student the help they need, when it is just him. He needs to be open to asking these questions and getting the answers and help that he needs to help better his students in his classroom.
CEC Ethics of Special