The things I have learned so far…
About Classroom Management:
Every day at my Kindergarten class it is a challenge to get my lesson across to as many students as possible while controlling some student’s behavior. The ratio of one teacher for eighteen students makes things even harder; however it is my job to try to successfully educate the children under my care with the best of my abilities, which in my case as a novice teacher are not many.
During this course I came across a video of a young teacher from Granite Hills High School (Porterville – CA), her name was Mrs. Garcia and she was happy with her career choice however with her students’ behavior problems she started to disengage from them to the point of saying that “she could not …show more content…
I am not in the classroom only to lecture them, I am there to ask questions, to lead to discussions that will give each student their own voice. We have a classroom chant that we always repeat: “We are a team of Super Heroes, getting ready for First Grade!” and I can see that it brings them a sense of pride that they have a future goal. It is not about me and what I can teach, it is about them and what can they learn each day. I do not want to see my students only memorizing a subject… I want them to really grasp a new concept, making their own. I want them to find the new information useful for their own little lives out of the school’s …show more content…
Tomlinson’s to create effective differentiation a teacher must know the different learners in the classroom and use this knowledge to help them to connect with the subject being taught. Also a teacher must keep a high-quality curriculum and instruction leading students “beyond their independence level” with a main goal not to lose any “potential brainpower”. Finally a successful educator will “build bridges between the learner and learning”, helping them to understand how the things we are teaching in the classroom will fit into their own lives.
Conclusion:
As a novice teacher I feel the weight of my responsibility to educate the children, who are under my care five days of the week, for about seven hours per day…
It scares me to think that I could be the only person in their lives who will get them excited about learning, about school, even about their bright future.
I do not want to fail them as an educator and my goal is for them to succeed and to do well in school. And I am not talking about only getting good tests’ scores… I am talking about real academic progress that will grow with them for the years to come.
For the sake of my students, I will analyze and consider any new strategy or teaching technics that are presented to me… I will accept feedbacks and suggestions as long they will be useful for all of my eighteen young minds. Moreover I will try to improve myself as a human-being every day in order to embrace every child with their specific
About Classroom Management:
Every day at my Kindergarten class it is a challenge to get my lesson across to as many students as possible while controlling some student’s behavior. The ratio of one teacher for eighteen students makes things even harder; however it is my job to try to successfully educate the children under my care with the best of my abilities, which in my case as a novice teacher are not many.
During this course I came across a video of a young teacher from Granite Hills High School (Porterville – CA), her name was Mrs. Garcia and she was happy with her career choice however with her students’ behavior problems she started to disengage from them to the point of saying that “she could not …show more content…
I am not in the classroom only to lecture them, I am there to ask questions, to lead to discussions that will give each student their own voice. We have a classroom chant that we always repeat: “We are a team of Super Heroes, getting ready for First Grade!” and I can see that it brings them a sense of pride that they have a future goal. It is not about me and what I can teach, it is about them and what can they learn each day. I do not want to see my students only memorizing a subject… I want them to really grasp a new concept, making their own. I want them to find the new information useful for their own little lives out of the school’s …show more content…
Tomlinson’s to create effective differentiation a teacher must know the different learners in the classroom and use this knowledge to help them to connect with the subject being taught. Also a teacher must keep a high-quality curriculum and instruction leading students “beyond their independence level” with a main goal not to lose any “potential brainpower”. Finally a successful educator will “build bridges between the learner and learning”, helping them to understand how the things we are teaching in the classroom will fit into their own lives.
Conclusion:
As a novice teacher I feel the weight of my responsibility to educate the children, who are under my care five days of the week, for about seven hours per day…
It scares me to think that I could be the only person in their lives who will get them excited about learning, about school, even about their bright future.
I do not want to fail them as an educator and my goal is for them to succeed and to do well in school. And I am not talking about only getting good tests’ scores… I am talking about real academic progress that will grow with them for the years to come.
For the sake of my students, I will analyze and consider any new strategy or teaching technics that are presented to me… I will accept feedbacks and suggestions as long they will be useful for all of my eighteen young minds. Moreover I will try to improve myself as a human-being every day in order to embrace every child with their specific