* Describe your professional experience working with school-aged children. Answer part A or B, but not both. A. Describe any paid teaching experience, number of years, contract or substitute, etc. B. If you do not have paid teaching experience, describe any professional experience interacting with school-aged children through community service, volunteerism, etc. A. My professional experience working with school-aged children is a confirmation for the reason why I became a teacher. In short, my experience has been amazing. I have worked a number of jobs that have been with school-aged children, but I have just received my credential in Social Science in January of 2017, thus my professional experience in the classroom is limited. A few
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I became a teacher because I have a passion for school-aged children. Beginning with working at a summer camp in my early 20’s to currently long term subbing at Millikan High School for AP World History and Modern World History, I have found that my passion has only grown. The school-aged children are one of the reasons I feel like I have the greatest job on the planet. While, as any educator knows, not every interaction with the students is a great experience, but I have found that since I make a purposeful effort to interact with the students and let them know that I …show more content…
The following are a few techniques that I employ. I like to manage my classroom with preventative management techniques to try and minimize any academic or behavioral problems before they happen. First, I ensure that I establish routines in my classroom. My students know that I will go through the agenda with them, there will be a warm up, we will have a classroom activity, and there will typically be some type of exit ticket so that I can ensure that everyone has learned what the goal of the class was. I have found that by establishing a routine all of my students understand what is expected of them and it minimizes academic and behavioral problems. Second, in my lesson planning I make it a goal to change what the students are doing every 15 minutes. This is another preventative classroom management technique I utilyze because students do not get bored and they do not have that added time to employ academic and behavioral problems. The third technique I will highlight is one of the ways I deal with academic or behavioral problems after they have occurred. I give my students choices. I want the students to take accountability for their actions whether behavioral or academic. I have found that by giving students options, they have typically reacted positively and taken ownership of their behavior and attempted to change their course of direction. While
I became a teacher because I have a passion for school-aged children. Beginning with working at a summer camp in my early 20’s to currently long term subbing at Millikan High School for AP World History and Modern World History, I have found that my passion has only grown. The school-aged children are one of the reasons I feel like I have the greatest job on the planet. While, as any educator knows, not every interaction with the students is a great experience, but I have found that since I make a purposeful effort to interact with the students and let them know that I …show more content…
The following are a few techniques that I employ. I like to manage my classroom with preventative management techniques to try and minimize any academic or behavioral problems before they happen. First, I ensure that I establish routines in my classroom. My students know that I will go through the agenda with them, there will be a warm up, we will have a classroom activity, and there will typically be some type of exit ticket so that I can ensure that everyone has learned what the goal of the class was. I have found that by establishing a routine all of my students understand what is expected of them and it minimizes academic and behavioral problems. Second, in my lesson planning I make it a goal to change what the students are doing every 15 minutes. This is another preventative classroom management technique I utilyze because students do not get bored and they do not have that added time to employ academic and behavioral problems. The third technique I will highlight is one of the ways I deal with academic or behavioral problems after they have occurred. I give my students choices. I want the students to take accountability for their actions whether behavioral or academic. I have found that by giving students options, they have typically reacted positively and taken ownership of their behavior and attempted to change their course of direction. While