Domain 1, 2, 5, & 6
Content, Personal Development, Methodology, and Management
I was working on my TWS and unit for next week, and as I was contemplating how to do it, I realized that it is going to take time “weaning” my students into my routine. I kept trying to brainstorm multiple ways to accomplish what I want to accomplish, and I realized that I can’t just jump right in and that it might not go as planned the first time. At second glance, I thought perhaps it was not the best idea to do guided reading next week, but now I have decided not to jump into that the first day. I want them to at least get used to me as a teacher first, and THENJ we’ll just into the stations. I’m excited to try everything; I think it’s coming together. Something else I have had to realize is that you just can’t do everything the curriculum suggests, and I knew that, but when reading through it, it can be overwhelming. I am trying super hard to be sensible but myself when planning. I know I’m doing probably more than expected, but I know that is me, and I also want to take advantage of trying things with these students. I have created a behavior plan that I think will work (in fact, I can’t wait to implement it), and I have also figured out the students for which I want to make individual behavior plans. I just wish that I could base all instruction off of standards and then all the resources I would need would magically appearJ. (I feel like this is all rambling, but it’s fresh in my mind.)
My teacher and the aide talked about giving me the aide’s desk once I arrived, but I could tell yesterday that didn’t seem to go to well, and then today, she asked my teacher for a chair or suggested some other alternatives to her desk for herself. My teacher found a chair and cleared off a desk in our room for her, but I told her I would take it. I don’t want to cause any tension between the aide and myself, and besides, this is her territory; everything is set up here the way she likes it. She is going to be a right-hand man to me, and I don’t want to hurt that relationship over something such as a desk! I was grateful I was here to talk with my teacher about it, so that I could offer to take the other desk!
Something I really appreciate about my teacher is that she really cares about the students. When they tell her stories and such, she listens and responds, and I can just see her compassion toward them! I love and admire that about her!
I also love the atmosphere here. The teacher’s lounge is so much more positive here than at my last placement. A lot of the teachers talk about church, so whether or not it is the best “Christian” atmosphere, it is just nice to hear that these are the people educating these kids. That makes me think that I am trying to say I would rather be surrounded by Christian teachers, but I know that is not the case; it’s just interesting to compare and to reflect upon.
Praise God we have lunch at 11 o’clock! I love early lunch!
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Olivia,
ReplyDeleteI think you are wise to take things a step at a time. You will be able to accomplish so much once you have student control. I also think you were so wise to sacrifice the desk...sometimes territory can cause major issues. You'll find it much easier to build a rapport having made this sacrifice.
I'm excited to be able to come and see you in action:).
Prof. Forshey