Classroom Management

Classroom management is a big part of a student's education. Without proper classroom management, a student may not be able to learn to the best of his/her ability. For this reason,  I plan on implementing many different ideas that I have seen work in my years of attending school, in my practicums, and what I have learned in this class along with others at Drake. I first and foremost would make sure that my students understand that though I can be friendly and we can joke around, there are times to be serious. I am to be respected as their teacher and elder. I want my students to feel comfortable enough to speak with me about problems that they are having inside and outside of the classroom. That is the best kind of teacher, in my opinion, one that you can count on when help is needed.

As a preschool/ kindergarten teacher, I will learn my student's zone of proximal development and move on from there as that is the best way to reach everyone's learning level on specific subjects. I will definately have high expectations for my students, as I have seen that when teachers have a high expectation of their students, younger children tend to thrive to reach those goals, and at times, even exceed them. I want to be able to say that I made a difference in my student's lives and that they are something great in life like the President, Cheif of Police, Doctors, or Lawyers. To think that this would have all more or less started with me would be the most amazing feeling.

I want to make sure that all of my students are more or less on the same page before I move on to the next subject. Though there are standards and such that need to be met, I believe that it is more important to ensure that all of my students understand the material rather than teaching it, moving on, and keeping my fingers crossed that they got something out of it. I don't want them to just understand some of it, I want them to understand subjects close to completely, if not completely (as I understand that it is not always possible to get everyone on the same page without boring the individuals who understood it the first time it was taught).

Our Presentation.! :)

I feel that our presentation definately went as planned. Though I do believe that it was rushed, (because everyone was so anxious to get out of class early), it still went as it was supposed to. This activity is one that I have actually done with my kindergarten students various times, and the class reacted to the game about the same way as the kindergarteners had. I did, however, notice that group two got really bored and unmotivated and therefore never had their next teammate up and ready when it was their team's turn again, which in return, caused their team to lose as they were no longer actively mentally engaged nor were they  interested. This was the only problem that truthfully bothered me when I think of how the game went.

Tuesday Presentations :)

I definitely (Totally just struggled to spell that word once again ha) though that the presentations went well. I can honestly say that I learned a little something from all of the groups. I feel that everyone put in the same amount of effort and everyone seemed more or less motivated to get their lessons done in the most efficient ways possible. I loved the creativity that came with some of them and the different age levels that were taught was pretty cool. I very much enjoyed watching my classmates teach. I definately know that they will all be great teachers very soon :)